Prodder~ Another piece of sailing jargon, an alternative word for bowsprit. Pulpit~ The tubular steel structure at the bow. Pushpit~ A pulpit at the stern. Q... Quarter~ The section of a boat, either port or starboard, that is between midships and the stern. ...
For more than a year after she’d been cleared of heartworm, she’d come on walks with us and, while there would be panic moments here and there and, at times, an especially bad walk where I really wondered if walks were the right thing for her, for the most part, she did just f...
Theinspiration wallis more free-flowing – both in shape and size. It’s pretty word-free and really just has pictures of people that inspire me to create my own content and not conform to societal norms. This is where I think about other people’s journeys and how different or similiar ...
Last week we had one hell of a thunderstormin the middle of the night, and for only the second time in five months, Skip barked in his crate. (The first time he had diarrhea.) Skip is normally a dream dog in his crate. He goes in happily, lies down and goes to sleep. Skip has...
Last week I was with Alex and Meri while Jess was out. Alex walked up to me and said a word that sounded like “cut”. It was obvious she was asking for something, it wasn’t just a statement. She had nothing in her hands, we weren’t eating or anything. No context clues whatsoe...
happens and sometimes owners are distracted and don’t notice that their dog has pooped, and others, well, don’t care. However, rather than expend negative energyon “Ain’t it awful!” (my least favorite conversation abut just about anything), I organized a competition to make poop a hi...
That when thereafter Alcy pooped the poop was mostly tallow. *Written for and recited before the Papyrus Club of Boston in September, 1888. IN IMITATION OF ROBERT HERRICK ON JULIA UNLACING HERSELF EUGENE FIELD Tell, if thou canst, and truly, whence doth come ...
“Faceplates aren’t exactly negligible protection either, though I’ll take your word for it about the padding. Sometimes I think it’s a wonder anyone can fight while weighed down with all of that.” “It’s a question of habit and training. There is thought behind our actions as ...
”25While the wordvyādhafrequentlydoes mean“hunter,”this story makes clear that thevyādhahere is a butcher inthe city of Mithilā, a commercial meat vendor who works in a slaughterhouse(sūna, 3.198.10) in the city, selling the flesh of various kinds of animals (veni-son, buffalo, ...
One final word the tragic news of two lejoggers being killed in Cornwall last week certainly struck a chord with all us cyclists . We are only ever 12 inches from serious injury or death so lets all respect each other !!! These two fine gentleman set off on an amazing trip which tragi...