We have been away from home, away from our lovely and familiar home. Unlike some places I could name, Port Townsend is not a nice…
Coming Home
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The Constitution
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By wonderful chance, I was invited aboard the USS Constitution for its annual tug-powered turnaround. This is ostensibly an utterly mundane exercise, meant to assure…
The Eastern Shore
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The parking meters in downtown Chestertown, Maryland have “free parking” written on them. All of them. I am guessing that, when bloated big box stores…
On the outskirts of Annapolis there is an eatery called “Carlson’s Donuts and Thai Food Restaurant.” No, really, there really is. We went there…
Oct 12, 2017 3:23am Annapolis is the site of the U.S. Naval Academy, where bright, determined, patriotic young people come to learn how to command…
The map of the U.S. looks like it was speeding eastward, ran into a wall at the Atlantic, and the seaboard states acted as a…
Getting In, Getting Out
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Okay, maybe we did leave Galena a little later than we had meant to. What with tearful goodbyes, one more wistful look at the beautiful…