Staying the Course

By Richard, on September 16th, 2009

Recently, Gloucester (10 minutes from here) hosted a Schooner Festival and several of the schooners welcomed visitors on board. We were particularly interested in a luxury schooner called the Peacemaker, owned by “The Community” to which my eldest daughter belongs. So we went to visit. We know nothing about boats (ships, schooners, yachts –

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By Richard, on June 3rd, 2009

I have a white tee shirt with my grandson’s one-year old baby picture printed on the front. He’s almost seven now, and I was wearing it today while walking him to school. When I pointed it out to him, he was embarrassed.

“Don’t let anybody see it!” he told me.

Worrying about what other

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