I don’t know why I remember him but I do. I first noticed him in the produce aisle. There was something about the way he pushed his cart – perhaps slightly unsure of himself. He was old, the kind where you can see all the veins in his wrist,...

Dream 1 I was interviewing at a company and they gave us (many people were interviewing at the same time) giant transparent sheets with questions on them and you were supposed to sketch out your solutions on the transparency. One of the questions went something like “Provide a mobile...

Many Worlds This “world” is made up of many different ones that you jump to by going through portals. Each portal is guarded by a different “animal” which you need to befriend and understand before you can go through the portal. There is one girl who knows the entrances...

WEDNESDAY, 23 OCTOBER  We leave the slip at Belle Viu Marina, in Wakefield, RI bound for Charleston, S.C,. Most likely we will pull into Chesapeake Bay for the inland route around Cape Hatteras, but if Neptune were to grant my wish for favorable wind and seas – unlikely given...

Ingredients: 1 pound ground beef. Almost an entire box of ziti (or your favorite pasta) 1 Can Tomato Soup 1 or 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped Ground Black Pepper Steps: Get a nice big pot of water boiling with some salt (if it tastes like tears then it’s probably...

Been a while since I’ve had a dream decent enough to log, woke up this morning to a pretty good one: I meet a blonde-haired blue-eyed girl in a writing class, Alina. She is from Russia. Write a script together for an assignment. We end up seeing each other...

Paddling down river Curves and loops Last corner see ocean Taste water – “It’s definitely the ocean, water is getting salty.” Make it to beach.  Go swimming but keep accidentally getting PFD on. Swimming Pool Laps Race K Keep losing because my arms hit stuff, or lane is too narrow...

I Am The One Two brothers in bunk beds. One declares “dude…I think I am the one.” (a la Matrix). As soon as he says that, a blue shimmery “force field” surrounds him. Other brother says “yeah right”. Brother one says “No, watch, I’ll prove it to you.  I can fly....

This was a pretty cool one: this is new In some sort of casino or possibly a mall with a Japanese girl, and we have apparently been friends for a long time. She has lost her job and is crying that she’ll have no money to live.  She has...

The journal for this trip really begins shortly after last year’s fall run to Charleston. Eric Baruzzi (Officer in Charge, USCG Station Point Judith) mentioned he hadn’t seen my journal (still haven’t finished it) and while talking about the trip Eric commented he’d really like to join the crew....