My quick cell phone post a few days back got me thinking. Not a good thing on any day, let along Friday. Somewhere in my mental haze I suddenly realized. . . Somebody has to create a cell phone for kayakers!
I’d like Motorola to do it because they’re a Midwest based corp. I’d like to [...]

Buildings and bridges are made to bend in the wind,
to withstand the world that’s what it takes –
All that steel and stone is no match for the air,
my friend, what doesn’t bend breaks
– |Ani Difranco
A great way to capsize your boat in waves is to stiffen up in [...]

So if you happen to have tripped upon this blog today you will be the first to know that all sorts of new original artwork by the amazingly talented Shawna Franklin of Body, Boat Blade is now available at CackleTV.com. In fact we just got them public in the last hour! There are a variety [...]

And Maggie over lunch one day, took a cruiser with all hands, apparently to make him give it back – Roger Waters
Some days you just have little to say. So I let a few days pass to see if something would come. Nope! Oh, well, “To everything there is a season”. Some days you have [...]

Once I was swimming cross Turtle creek, many snappers all around my feet, sure was hard swimming cross that thing, with both hands holdin’ my ding a ling – Chuck Berry
Do You know what’s strange? When you’re on the water and the phone rings, you stop paddling, put your paddle under an arm, and lean [...]

As darkness falls, The waves roll by, The seasons change, The wind is wry. – David Gilmore

I’ve finally put the weights away and opted for early morning paddles. It’s much more fun to get up at 5am and be on the water at 6, than to just sit in the living room hefting steel. Especially [...]

So now, you could spend the morning walking with me, quite amazed. As I’m Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed – d. bowie
Let’s see if I can blend this. . . Sweep, bow draw on the opposite side, slide blade back to stern rudder and kick the boat around. . . hmmmmm.
Now that the water is [...]