A Day Spent on the Water

A Day Spent on the Water

    My friend, Joe Castaldi, built a beautiful, sixteen foot gaff-rigged Melonseed Skiff from the original plans. He sent word he was planning to launch her for a maiden voyage down at the Hood River Marina, so I showed up yesterday, bright and early to...
Well, That Was Dumb.

Well, That Was Dumb.

My last week before I retired, I decided to ride the moto to work. People expected it of me and I enjoy the ride. It was December, with temperatures down around 15f (-9.4c). I suited up and went out to the garage. The bike had been plugged into a tender, so the...
Good Morning

Good Morning

5/31/25 5:45 52f (11c) Clear,  blue sky with a light breeze.                        
Good Morning

Good Morning

  5/30/25 6:30 47f (8.3c) Blue sky, faint breeze .  Sun topped the ridge at 6:45. The rooster is crowing, birds are singing,  an orchard crew is whooping and banging  ladders in the rows down the road. I anticipate a lovely day.         ...
Good Morning

Good Morning

              5/29/25 5:30 57f (13.9c) Cloudy. The morning started dull, gray and broken up, but now the clouds have gone all Maxfield Parrish. What I thought were swallows chasing bugs turned out to be floaters, but still,  it is a...