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Fouled
The other yacht owners at the marina are always worried about ‘fouling’ — the water here is warm and fertile and thick growths of kelp appear on every submerged surface. A few days ago my next-door neighbor Fred was in … Continue reading
Marina bay
I took the long trip to the Esplanade on Friday in search of my favorite food and to check out the progress on the new waterfront development that was just starting when I was last here. The food was a … Continue reading
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Clamn
I refer to my home as ‘the Clamn‘ because that’s what the boat’s owner calls it. In truth, though, it is merely a Clamn. Later in life when I’m living in a van down by the river, I’ll be sure … Continue reading
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Filthy & furtive in the lap of luxury
Me in the dark by the swimming pool. My view is pretty good — yours, not so much. It is 4:30AM. I think I’ve nearly defeated my jet lag by walking around absolutely all day yesterday and staying up until … Continue reading
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Update & Survey
Me, back at the Cathay Center — one of the few places I can get wifi service without first registering via the mobile phone which I do not have. I have arrived in Singapore but I am far from settled … Continue reading
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Grunion Run
I stayed up late tonight in hopes of seeing some fish flop around on the beach. There wasn’t a lot of action — for a while I worried that I’d fallen victim to the maritime equivalent of a snipe hunt. … Continue reading
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Rail Trail
The hotel I’m staying at faces Highway 101. This being California, I expected to need to drive everywhere, but there turns out to be an excellent sidewalk running alongside the highway for most of the length of Solana Beach. The … Continue reading
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does it speaketh of the trinity?
Ok, here’s how this works: First, the veligers (that’s the planktonic larvae of a mollusk, in this case, an abalone) putter around in the water for a week, eating nothing and looking for a good place to land. Then they … Continue reading
Seahorse farm
This afternoon my mom and I visited the ‘Ocean Rider’ seahorse farm. It’s a family operation which is developing domesticated varieties of seahorses which are suited for captivity — previously most pet seahorses were wild-caught, extremely finicky, and died promptly … Continue reading
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