New Score Card
I just got my current labs. I’ve added the results to my Score Card page. You’ll see that my white blood cell count continues to rise. My family doctor says it’s serious enough that (Read More)
Author: Jim
An old friend passes
I just heard that a childhood friend, Shelly, passed away. She had cancer. I’m not sure which kind. I haven’t seen Shelly since we were kids; her daughter wrote me with the news. I (Read More)
Fumbling at Sea
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted a blog. My life has been full these last few days and I haven’t taken the time to write. Well, we finally got the boat underway. My wife (Read More)
A new hobby
I’ve been struggling to get a VHF antenna mounted atop the mast on my sailboat. The mast is down so no climbing involved (which would have been impossible). I had to run the coax (Read More)
To Janis Joplin
Well, my Baby-Boomer generation is getting older. So I got to wondering how Janis Joplin would see things if she was still alive. Here’s a little song in honor of her. (Sing it to (Read More)
Ready to sail
Sorry my last post was such a downer. It’s just that the dizziness sometimes gets in the way of my plans. I’d better get used to it, I’m sure other “issues” will get in (Read More)
Frustrating, but I’ll make it work
I had lots of plans today for working on the boat. But the damn dizziness hit and I had to take the morning off. A bit of a pain. But I’m taking my own (Read More)
Bottom Paint
Got the bottom paint on our boat in the nick of time last night… it dried within minutes of a rain fall. Whew! Even though I painted outside, the fumes about knocked me out. (Read More)
Gin Pole
I’ve just finished building what’s call a “gin pole” that will help me raise the mast on my sailboat. We had to take down the mast when we brought the boat up from Olympia, (Read More)
The flip side
As some of you may know, my views on the existence of God are somewhat nebulous. I can get a bit negative, especially when I struggle with tragedy (see my “Kay” post). But there (Read More)
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