"Weekend after weekend I gradually became more involved in the more obvious practicalities of sailing a small boat. Using the sheet to play the headsail if I was in charge of that, or playing the mainsheet if I was amidships on the boat; setting them speedily when we tacked and using weight to keep the boat balanced."

~Edward Heath, Sailing

reflections on America

"If the American Union cannot be maintained, except by immolating human freedom on the altar of tyranny, then let the American Union be consumed by a living thunderbolt and no tear shall be shed over its ashes." ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Citizen and dude with piles of foresight, methinks. c. 1860

"Cooker should always be kept clean. A boat is frequently left for several days, even weeks, before it is opened up again and small pieces of food can produce the most obnoxious smell in that time." ~The Westerly Manual Westerly Chandlers and Service

i listen to the radio,
but forget to turn it on.
there's nothing on tv,
since you've been gone.

~bob snider.

not so much abuse as neglect.

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"I came to believe she had never been, he said. In that part of her life she shared with me, I was convinced I made her up. She was a fiction..."
~Timothy Findley, Headhunter, 257 ( Read more... )

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