It’s taken quite some time to make the final decision to change my blog name. While I identified very much with the name Siochana,
Category Archives: Personal Ponderings
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A boat by any other name…
Even though this is a temporary boat I don’t want any cheesy boat names like Breaking Wind or Off Da Hook adorning the stern. Those are kinda funny and no offense to those whose boats have those names…but that’s just not my style.
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Fashionable Boat Dog
The thing is….she can’t swim.
I learned that shortly after I adopted her. I was kayaking and when I left the shore she tried following me, but promptly began sinking.
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Wishing for wind, not wasps
While all this was happening, I decided to do some cleaning up in the cabin and was buzzed several times by a mud dauber wasp. Although these wasps look VERY menacing, I know from experience they’re not aggressive at all and usually won’t bother me, I didn’t want it on the boat.
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Water level blues
This low level made it difficult to get out of the marina where my slip is located, so I had to move the boat to a different marina.
I liked the marina where I was previously.
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The Cure For Anything?
Sweat…I’m no stranger to sweat, and I can certainly appreciate the idea that working hard, or working out hard (thus producing sweat) can have curative properties. Oftentimes, I find myself feeling much better about how things are going when I get some good old-fashioned elbow grease going on a project.
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Haul-out already….and no sailboat yet
I was hoping it’d just be a simple sensor that needed replacing or something equally as easy [and inexpensive]. Nope, not with my luck. I went by there today and saw the entire top half of the engine off!
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My ‘To Do’ List
I’m happy to report that today is the day. I won’t actually hit the water (hope I don’t actually hit the water) until Saturday, since today is the classroom portion of the course.