On Being Thrifty
Position: PENURIOUS When it comes to saving money, I’m all for it. As a nearly Old Age Pensioner I am thoroughly looking forward to my birthday when a surfeit of discounts will fall my way. Among the benefits I will …
Westward Ho!
Position: 47°50’54.1″N 120°46’40.8″W We left Albuquerque and Carol’s Dad Bob in the capable hands of her older brother, Chris. Our departure met with a little trepidation on all sides, but we were confident that Bob would train Chris quickly and …
Eurotrash
Position: 41°12’58.4″N 13°34’23.4″E Like all things on Aleta, we try and right-size our waste management for the available space. Our ability to sail for weeks at a time and not look like a fully laden, seagull baiting scow was borne …
Photos: A Walk in the Wilderness
POSITION: 35°10’36.5″N 106°28’13.0″W You need a break. Walk out our back door into the wilderness. You may think I’m exaggerating, but a quarter of a mile up the hill is an honest-to-G** National Forest Wilderness. What, you ask, distinguishes a …
Bodhi and a New Age of Enlightenment
Position: RUFFHOUSING Having learned during the pandemic that any time spent sitting still leads to acquiring stuff, we spent a good part of last summer offloading Aleta’s excess cargo. Of course, as keen readers know, Marlon was unceremoniously booted off …
Plain Sailing Motorcycling
Position: 47°45’30.8″N 120°39’19.9″W In the spring a fuller crimson comes upon the robin’s breast; In the spring the wanton lapwing gets himself another crest; In the spring a livelier iris changes on the burnished dove; In the spring a young …
MO’ JOMO FO’ YO’ MOJO
Position: LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD “You MOFOs and your FOMO! Sheesh! Get your MOJO back with some JOMO.” – Boris Spinovsky In the realm of first world problems, the psychological condition of FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) certainly reeks …
Eight-Bit Hoarder
Position: 1994 I’m a hoarder. I admit it. It’s not pretty, but there you have it. You might not know it at first glance. After all I live on a boat with about 350 square feet of space to put …
2024: It’s About Time
Star Date: -299000.0000317098 Here we are at the end of another Gregorian calendar year. I prefer the Julian calendar. After all it was named after my brother. It has been a lifelong disappointment knowing that a calendar named for Gregory, …