Published May 2013 in Freshwater News Author’s Note: If you used to visit the Island Cafe in Portland, Oregon many years ago, you know that it’s gone through a lot of changes over the years. There was one area of the old Island Cafe that was a sailor’s sanctuary – The Pirates Cove. To many of my sailing friends and acquaintances, the Island Café, that venerable, tiny slice of the tropics located on Hayden Island (or Tomahawk Island for those…
Published September 2014 in Freshwater News Author’s Note: “A Sailing Family” was originally published in Freshwater News back in September of 2014, and it’s been one of the stories that many friends have asked for reprints of more than any other. I guess (hope) it reminds everyone of happy times with people they care about. I hope it does the same for you… On a recent Friday, my wife and I spent the evening sailing with some friends on board…
Published September 2015 in Freshwater News I believe it was Winston Churchill who once said, “Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.” Or something like that. Now, as far as a literal interpretation of that quote, I simply wouldn’t know, since I’ve never REALLY been shot at. There was that incident on a golf course in Pullman, Washington a number of years ago, but that doesn’t really count, because I’m pretty sure the shooter…