Editor: Sometimes this writer is glad that he’s saved old tear sheets from stories he published over the years. Looking back also affords him the opportunity to revisit his life’s learning curve. From January 1999 48 North magazine. Water Nazis! I don’t ever want to hear anyone say that of the Coast Guard again! I…
Most of us who grew up in the Pacific Northwest have no Idea who the Straits of Juan de Fuca was named after. Most of us, who lived and sailed around that body of water, just called it “the straits”. But then again when those of my siblings or me sitting in the back seat…
Given the political climate of today when the President of the United States, want’s to send in the US Army into American cities such as Portland. And then use our cites as training grounds for future foreign wars, I thought it necessary to include this pamphlet the US Army gave to our troops in Germany…
(Man who Kills Difficulties or Fatigues) They say that the progression of a sailor is from sailboat, to powerboat, to motorhome, to nursing home and finally to funeral home. Alas, Becky and I have phased from sailboat straight to a motor home (class B, as in van conversion), mainly after cruising our Pacific Northwest waters…
By, Jim Wilson Fifty or so years ago, when prom nights were very special and gyms were decorated to the nines, I was a junior in high school. I wasn’t one of the boys who dated a lot, but I figured I should ask a girl and take her to the prom. I hemmed and…