As is tradition, every summer I make a list of extra small ways to carpe diem, if you will, the summer season. This year, I thought I’d divide my list into four categories. The first two, Fun Favorites and Weird Favorites, are taken from past lists. The last two categories are my new ideas and […]
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Happy Father’s Day!
Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there, especially the ones that do things like let their daughters use past years’ Father’s Day presents for their own beach purposes. Note: Pail created by Baby-Girl and gifted to LCB for Father’s Day years ago Pail commandeered by Baby-Girl and used for catching fish and building […]
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Seaworthy Again (Albeit Briefly)
Some of y’all might recall the Club 400, our water craft from circa 2012. I’d long forgotten about her, she who sat deflated in our shed lo these many, many moons. And then earlier this week, LCB emerged from the shed with a giant lump of brightly colored floatation devices, two oars, and a pump. […]
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A Magnolia Plantation Field Trip: The First Half
As a child growing up outside the city of Chicago, I equated field trips with jaunts into the city. I remember visiting, among other places, the Museum of Science and Industry, the Field Museum, Adler Planetarium, Shedd Aquarium, and the Sears Tower. We’d pile onto the bus and head into the city, mashing our faces […]
Thoughts on the Sea #17
He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea. George Herbert For other thoughts on the sea, see #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, and #16.
Thoughts on the Sea #16
Ah! What pleasant visions haunt me As I gaze upon the sea! All the old romantic legends, All my dreams, come back to me. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow For further thoughts on the sea, see #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, and #15.