August 31st, 2011

Tweet My Mom has been visiting me for the last week. She returned home yesterday. I don’t get to spend much time with family anymore and it sure was great to have some company.  Of course, all the cooking and cleaning that she did was also VERY nice! Thanks Mom – I miss you.

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August 30th, 2011

Tweet CoolPix cameras are…. well… kewl! There are many things that I am not – photographer is one of them.  Nonetheless, I do like to take pictures.  My last digital camera was a rather old Sony CyberShot. It died due to being dropped – NOT by me!!  It was time for a new camera. I [...]

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August 29th, 2011

Tweet Note to self – remember to check the weather before going out in the sailboat….

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August 28th, 2011

Tweet There is a slick app available at the Android Market titled EarthNC. It is described as “seamless charts, user waypoints, and realtime navigation. …features seamless NOAA marine charts for US waters, user waypoints, and realtime navigation.” I downloaded it and have been playing with it for a couple of weeks (on my Samsung Galaxy [...]

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August 27th, 2011

Tweet I am watching hurricane Irene like the everyone else.  I am not a “news” person – I am not a fan of twenty-four hour per day news and I certainly don’t spend my time sitting around watching it.  However; this tropical storm has captured my attention.  Initially, I was afraid for my boat. Now [...]

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August 26th, 2011

Tweet The story goes that G.K. Chesterton was invited to write an article on “What’s Wrong with the World?” His response was: Dear Sirs, I am. Sincerely yours, G. K. Chesterton Makes me stop and think….

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