Do you want to race as well as Ben Ainslie ? It sounds impossible, super human performance out of reach to us lesser mortals, but this book by Matthew Syed shows how it could be achieved. Alas the...
When two great events happen at the same time, it can be hard to decide which way to go. But then, a busy summer schedule often trumps, which was the case for Doryman last weekend. The closest...
Today's enchanting New Mexico sunset was just a bit unusual because of today's annular eclipse. Although I didn't have any special equipment, here are the pictures I was able to get. Gerald Byrnes...
I'd like to draw your attention to yet another traveler. Chris Duff is one of those exceptional human beings who's will, spirit and ambition ride high on a cresting wave. He is famous for over 15,...
Instead of swing states, we are focusing on "elastic states," ones that are relatively responsive to changes in political conditions, like a change in the national economic mood, and have a high...
Today's post continues my trip report, but the boat didn't move an inch from its mooring at Maesbury Marsh.
Arrrrrrhhh me hearties!!! Yeh have heard me tell of yon Pirate Captain , arrrahhh! that yeh have! Here he be in print, shiver my timbers, aye, timber, that is where paper comes from, that it does...
I confess to enjoy wandering around boat yards, normally to check out any interesting boats or restorations, butoccasionally it's the car park that gets my interest.
Uh oh! This is the Putney river bus hard aground earlier this week. It was stuck on a mud bank for 20 minutes or so, blocking half of the river, prop churning white foam, turning grey waters brown...
The storm blew itself out overnight and we were left with a short tun to Welsh Frankton Locks and the entry to the Montgomery Canal. To me any day which involves new water is exciting, and I had...