A Dog’s Woes

  Yeah, yeah.  Everybody else around here is back on boats.  Everybody but me.  All I want is a canoe ride down the Nooksack, that big beautiful river right down the road.  It’s full of ducks, geese, even swans.  There’s probably even steelhead in...

Land Ho!

  In sailing terminology “Ready About” is the command given before the skipper turns and tacks the sailboat.  In the coming week, Mark and I are doing exactly that.  We’re preparing to turn this boat towards land, and towards a new home....

The Homestead: Cross Your Fingers For Us

“We should check out this farm house on the outskirts of town.” “No way,” I said.  “It’s 40 acres.  It’s way too big, and for that price the house has to be a total rat trap.  It’s not even worth our time to drive out...