By Daphne and Xixi, aged 10 Oh, no! Mango, what did you do!? Quick! Call 822! Quiny a little bunny and Mango a golden retriever must SAVE THE FISH! But how are they going to save the fish if their owners, Penny and Max, were going to come back from school in…. 45 MINUTES!! Read…
By Russ Farrell We had ridden up the mountain In the morning clear and still To find a mighty wind a-raging At the summit of the hill. So that nice October morning We laid our saws away And headed for the valley Till a safer falling day. At nine o’clock she told me… Me a-standing…
(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 motorhome (class B, as in van conversion), mainly after cruising our Pacific Northwest waters via…
Russ Farrell Well, he canned me, the guy he fired me. Says he,” Go up and get your time.” Says he, “The way you’ve stood around You ain’t worth a lousy dime.” An’ I got mad. These Supers Always think they’re so damned smart. I says, “Before you can a guy …
Every trip through the Inside Passage going to and from SE Alaska is different, and most often never what those who ply these waters expect. A few years ago, while sailing to Glacier Bay and back to Portland, the beauty of the landscape with its snow covered mountains plunging down to the blue-green of the…