Category Archives: Travel
Anguilla Relief Fund
Two Sides of Technology – A day in the life of a PM.
Some time ago, just after mankind had transitioned from stone and chisel, to pen and paper, I wandered out of my cave and entered the working world. Things were different back then. Meetings were generally attended in person. Conference calls were rare and a videoconference could only be found in a Jetsons’ cartoon or in […]
Where Do Stories Come From?
For Christmas in 1911 Aunt Eliza gave a copy of a leather-bound book titled, “Longfellow” to Marguerite Day. I know this because inside the cover of my worn and tattered book of Longfellow poems, a cover splotched with white paint and water stains and frayed edges from being well read over the decades are the […]
The Haircut
“After Christmas Sail”
Buyin Some Land
About ten years ago, I had the following conversation with an Anguillan carpenter who repaired half of my falling-down fence. After several hours of work, he drove off to get more wood, but he never returned. The concrete lower wall that once held the upper lattice fence is still standing strong to this day, but […]
“Buying A Sailboat”
I’ve bought and sold a lot of things in my life. Cars, homes, furniture and well, just about anything else that can be bought and sold. I’ve bought online, in stores, at yard-sales and at markets. It’s my humble but experienced opinion that buying old stuff is pretty much the same no matter what it […]
What America Buys
My wife has maintained, for several years now, that if someone spread the word that eating corrugated cardboard lowered cholesterol and lengthened our lives, there would be a cardboard shortage within months. First it would be sold by the pallet, then by the pound, working it’s way down to small packages and last but not […]