Turkey Creek Community Gulfport, Mississippi Saturday, September 24, 2005 The sky in the east begins to lighten. The rhythm begins. I slip out of bed, make my way to the front of the trailer, slip on my shoes…
Force 8
December 20, 2005 The Bight Bay Norman Island a.k.a. “ Treasure Island” British Virgin Islands “What?” I yelled. Steph’s words were garbled and I had a hard time hearing her over the shrieking wind through the rigging and…
Down at Del Mar
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The Review Board
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Cetacea Incognita
We were approaching the area where the North Atlantic ocean floor rises up to meet the continental shelf, just South of the Grand Banks, which are even shallower. The geography of the sea floor and the meeting of the Labrador…
The Points of the Compass
The sailboat’s compass glowed red in the 3 AM darkness. Quetzal, a late ‘80s Kaufman & Ladd 47 foot monohull, purpose built for the Bermuda race she had won, sliced through the North Atlantic almost silently. The cloudy skies blotted…
The Old Tent
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Modern Girls Basketball
My father in law coaches girl’s basketball. He’s done it ever since he started teaching after he retired from the Marines over 20 years ago. He tried to sit out a season a few years back, but took the next…