It all began a couple of weeks ago when a friend on Facebook posted that she was going to France for eleven days. I knew damn well she wasn’t; her husband is ill and she is hard pressed to go to … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2013
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“Discovery,” “Discovery.” This is “Miss Kate.” “This is “Discovery.” Come back, “Miss Kate.” “Daddy, switch to seven-two!” Formal protocol concluded, both parties switched to channel 72 of the VHF radio aboard our boat, Discovery, and Kate’s sailboat, Miss Kate. Whereupon … Continue reading
My honeymoon was so bad, it was funny. From before it even began, during, and afterwards, it was completely unlike anything anyone could have imagined, much less planned. It was the Monday before our wedding in October, 1979. It was … Continue reading