Jaye Lunsford - Life Afloat http://www.hometownannapolis.com/blogs/blog/9/JayeLunsfordLifeAfloat.html Observations on day-to-day life aboard a sailboat in Annapolis.

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[photo: Boats anchored in Annapolis harbor to watch the Blue Angels air show in 2009.]

…it’s what they do when gathered.  SB 127, regulating raftups – or actually any gathering of 50 or...]]> Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:43:37 -0500 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/blogs/post/2845075/ItsNottheGatheringThatstheProblem.html “You Can’t Miss It” http://www.hometownannapolis.com/blogs/post/2845073/YouCantMissIt.html Now, I don’t know about you, but anytime anyone says “you can’t miss it,” when giving me directions, is when I start to get nervous … because it’s those directions that invariably get me lost.  It’s like some kind of a jinx.  The landmarks that one person notices just may not be important enough to another person to even make it onto their radar.  We used to joke about...]]> Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:25:30 -0500 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/blogs/post/2845073/YouCantMissIt.html Yup. It’s still there. http://www.hometownannapolis.com/blogs/post/2845065/Yup.Itsstillthere..html “It” is that provision in the First Amendment that insures “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.”  The First Amendment doesn’t limit the number of people who wish to assemble, their purpose for assembling, or limit their assembling to on land versus on water.  And the First Amendment says nothing about getting...

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Real pirates are bad guys.  We all know that, right?  So why are we so fascinated with pirates in popular culture?  Modern...

]]> Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:05:46 -0500 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/blogs/post/2845062/Pirates.html Not Quite Your Ordinary Fitness Routine http://www.hometownannapolis.com/blogs/post/2845059/NotQuiteYourOrdinaryFitnessRoutine.html exercise dances with fenders sm

[photo: a dock fender does double-duty as an accessory for core-strengthening exercises.  Other parts of this workout use the mast and winches for arm muscles, and include balance exercises made more challenging...

]]> Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:36:19 -0500 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/blogs/post/2845059/NotQuiteYourOrdinaryFitnessRoutine.html A Holiday Thought http://www.hometownannapolis.com/blogs/post/2845051/AHolidayThought.html starfish garland sm cu [photo: starfish instead of snowflakes complement this garland seen on one of our daily walks around downtown St Augustine]

I can’t help it – plastic icicles hanging from palm trees just don’t get me into the holiday mood. ...

]]> Sun, 25 Dec 2011 10:43:10 -0500 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/blogs/post/2845051/AHolidayThought.html Holiday Traditions Afloat http://www.hometownannapolis.com/blogs/post/2845039/HolidayTraditionsAfloat.html Every community has their holiday traditions, and the boat community is no exception.  At our marina in Annapolis, the boaters get together every year for a holiday party.  “White Elephant” gifts with a nautical theme are exchanged (over the years  we’ve seen a stuffed lobster that sang Jingle Bells; nautical charts 20 years out of date and hence guaranteed...

]]> Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:33:28 -0500 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/blogs/post/2845039/HolidayTraditionsAfloat.html A History Lesson http://www.hometownannapolis.com/blogs/post/2845010/AHistoryLesson.html You’ve seen them on Main Street – those souvenir shops selling t-shirts that mockingly proclaim Annapolis to be “a quaint little drinking town with a sailing problem.”  By contrast, local artist Dean Quigley described St Augustine to me as “a quaint little drinking town with a history problem.”  Wazzup here?  Are all the...]]> Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:19:18 -0500 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/blogs/post/2845010/AHistoryLesson.html A Bit Confused About the Time http://www.hometownannapolis.com/blogs/post/2845007/ABitConfusedAbouttheTime.html “If there was such a thing as time travel,” explained Grace Sparrow, the woman behind the counter at the ship’s store of our new marina, “it would end up like this city. People in the costumes from every era walk the streets.  You never know who you’re going to see next.”  I had just gone into the office...

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