Thursday, April 15, 2010I am in the wheelhouse, and we are in Estevan Sound, about 3 or 4 days from Seattle. Although a breeze has raised waves on the water, it was flat calm when I came up here about ten minutes ago and stood at the window looking out to the southeast. On either … Continue reading Channel Fever
Month: May 2010
Snoose
Saturday, April 10, 2010 Yesterday I finally relented and tried chewing tobacco for the first (and last) time. The engineer offered me some Copenhagen and I decided that I might as well – they’ve been offering it to me for two weeks now. I tried the stuff not so much in the hope that my … Continue reading Snoose
Northern Lights
Wednesday, April 7, 2010I caught a few moments of aurora borealis at about twenty minutes to one on my midnight watch today – the northern lights are fascinating and unearthly. The lights I saw this morning were dim, and ranged from pale green to just white. But they were the brightest northern lights I have … Continue reading Northern Lights
