“We’ll have to use the winch”, Cupcake declared. “Really?”, I thought to myself. All I really need is for one of you to actually “try” to ground guide me and perhaps to engage the lockers. This doesn’t need a winch. But, for the first time in a long time, I […]
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Knot tying is an ancient thing. The earliest knowledge of knots (that I have ever found) dates to 300,000 years ago. Perforated stones, beads and pendants from that era have been found – suggesting the use of knots. Archaeology has suggested that knot work is important to human development. Without […]
This month – we consider “Island of the Lost: A Harrowing True Story of Shipwreck, Death and Survival on a Godforsaken Island at the Edge of the World” In January of 1864, five sailors from the wrecked schooner Grafton are stranded on remote and icy Auckland Island, some […]
A Short History of the Great Lakes (Geologically Speaking) We will be spending a fair amount of time in the Great Lakes Watershed. That said, I thought it would be appropriate, in the early stages of our Internet presence, to discuss its “beginnings”, so to speak. This article was originally posted in […]