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Time Out For The Timeless

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You might think I’m making this up, recalling at random some selected situations just to prove a point. But I’m not.

At this moment, the feelings I’m expressing here are authentic, spontaneous, and of course, logical. That’s because all the unannounced pieces quickly fell into place. I wish they would do that more often — just sneak up on my blindside and surprise me.

This time I invite you to join me as I sit here and look through floor to celling glass doors that extend twelve feet across the almost entire side of the living room. Immediately beyond is … Read the rest “Time Out For The Timeless”

The Magic Of Winter Light

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There was no refusing my friend’s invitation. 

He and his wife were about to take their brand new to them 38-foot motor yacht from their home on the Tennessee River in northwest Alabama to a boat repair facility in St. Petersburg, Florida, a run of about seven hundred miles. 

The boat was in excellent condition, but because it had logged only a few miles during the previous two years, it would also be a shakedown cruise. That was part of the main reason he wanted me, an experienced boater, to come along as an extra hand. I had cruised that … Read the rest “The Magic Of Winter Light”