In early August, I returned to Annapolis from Massachusetts after my two-day trip to get my car inspected in the Bay State turned into a 12-day trip to deal with a sibling in crisis. I got back to Naptown and spent four days packing up a carload of crap — surfboards, kiteboarding gear, kitchen stuff, books, clothes, clothes, more clothes, etc. — and heading back north to Mass, where I would remain for the rest of August and all of…
I pumped up Further‘s dinghy this morning, one of several chores my faithful steed required after having been neglected for the better part of two months (the other big chore: washing all the bird shit off the deck). The tubes once again all taut with air pressure, I took the dinghy for a spin on Back Creek to go visit a couple of friends. I should have known such a trip would set me off but I went anyway. Oh…
I wrote in a recent post over on my boat-focused site about my current situation in terms of work, life, the boat and, um, yeah, life. And as I wrote over there, I had a drive up to Massachusetts planned. The trip was going to be a quick one, a couple of days, to tackle some errands, most notably getting my car inspected and legal for another year. I did that drive this past Sunday and well, I’m still at…