Anchored together again
This weekend my wife and I didn’t sail on any long trips. We anchored just a half mile out of home port in a bay called Drayton Harbor. We did this both days, Saturday (Read More)
Tagged: Family
My son’s family sails away
I pushed the boat away from the dock and watched my son Guy, his wife Sarah, and my grandson Kristjan sail off to a 5 day trip through Puget Sound and the Canadian Gulf (Read More)
Legacy
There were flies, dead ones, all around him. But he didn’t move. He just sat there and if left alone would have starved. The frog relied on movement to catch his prey. If it (Read More)
My daughter gave my Mom back to me
Note: I found a post from an old blog I had. It is about my mother and a wonderful post my daughter wrote in her own blog. My mother was more to me than (Read More)
Dad
A boy in Saskatchewan, teenager in Lynden, Army Air Corps gunner in North Africa, prisoner in Germany, and adoptive father in Birch Bay. These were the passages of the man resting in Hillsdale Cemetery. (Read More)
Captain Guy Smith
We recently attended a ceremony where our son, firefighter Guy Smith, officially received his title of Captain. He was promoted to full captain a year ago and has now completed his probationary period. He (Read More)
My daughter
Today is my daughter’s birthday. I got to spend most of the day with her from 9:30am to 4:00pm. Just the two of us. We went to a movie, ate lunch, and stopped by (Read More)
Family home for Christmas
Hi all. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas. Ours was great. The best moment was when we were all seated around the dinner table. All three of my grandchildren, my daughter and her (Read More)
A note to our caregivers
I want to write a note to the spouses, partners, parents, siblings, and children who live with, care for, and love us. It’s true we live with the possibility of death, but you are (Read More)
My brave Dad
We took our grandkids to Pioneer Park in Ferndale, WA where you can see several renovated buildings from the early 19th and 20th centuries. We saw homes, an old postoffice, a store, and (Read More)
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