Inflatable Summer
December 7 of 31 December-ish posts Following my (un)inflatable winter, when last spring finally rolled around I was able to unpack my inflatable kayak from it’s box, spread it out on my small backyard lawn, and figure out how to work this fabulous new toy that had spent the winter taunting me from…
A Neglected Blog Update
I really hate writing those posts that wax apologetic for not writing for some span of time, promising to do better, and lamenting that life is just so busy that — gosh! — if only there were an extra hour each day… I’ve been refocused other places, and in the…
(Un)inflatable Winter
At the risk of writing a (slightly) political article alluding to some opinions about supply chains and the state of the modern world, I wanted to share what (finally) arrived on my doorstep yesterday. A box. In fact, it was a large box, and a box I’d ordered … in…
Whirls Clear Water
by powerful strokeslevering solid against fluidan oar pushing on crystal waterdelving deftly and deepby muscular heft against molecular dragplunging paddlesscooping by effort to counter frictionblurring stillness into motionunseen effort into swirling chaosbelow the calming tranquilityof a kayak drifting upon the lake – bardo I have reserved some space on this…