Archive for February, 2006
Posted by derrick on
February 28, 2006
I wonder if I need say any more about this picture. . Here’s fellow Wisconsinite Ross being blessed by Freya Hoffmeister while in Florida at the Gulf Coast Symposium. One hears a legend that anyone truly blessed by Freya can at once stand on their head while their kayak rides calmly upon turbulant seas.
So we’ll all be watching Ross for signs of his new powers.
- d
* thanks to ross for use of the picture
Posted by derrick on
February 27, 2006
Jones - Fraulein-will you permit me?
Elsa - I usually don’t.
Jones - I usually don’t either.
Elsa - In that case, I permit you.
(Jones gives her the flower)
Jones - It would make me very happy.
Elsa - But I’m already sad, by tomorrow it will have faded.
Jones - Tomorrow I’ll steal you another.
Posted by derrick on
February 25, 2006
Sleep on, my child, and I will rock thee,
And I will rock thy cradle, that sweet thy slumber be;
Sleep star, new moon and morning, sleep,
And lady ocean with thy silver fishes, sleep! - greek lullabye
Posted by derrick on
February 24, 2006
I’m going where the sun keeps shining
Thru’ the pouring rain,
Going where the weather suits my clothes,
Backing off of the North East wind,
Sailing on summer breeze
And skipping over the ocean like a stone. - nilsson
I just had to haul out a summer picture! Ah, outdoors. . sun. . warmth. . This picture is me sneaking in a test paddle of an
Impex Outer Island between classes at last summers
Door County Sea Kayak Symposium. I think I probably paddled it for 2 minutes and rolled it twice before I had to get back to shore and run over to meet my next class. In case you’re wondering; sure, it was a nice boat. . (well, what do you expect for a 2 minute test paddle!??)
Posted by derrick on
February 22, 2006
son you’re growing old
I told you we would die
but that was then
i’ve gone and worked it out
but that’s when we were young
it never really was
and now we’re really old
and that’s when we were young - joy zipper
So you know why you teach your kids to paddle don’t you? It’s because that way you don’t have to do it yourself! Well, at least you don’t have to two nights in a row! After yesterday, I was feeling my age. I spent the day suffering little aches and pains that endeavored to remind me I was not 20 any more. That’s really odd too because when I was twenty I never did anything!! Well, anything all that strenuous anyway. Suddenly here I am 20 years later with a 5 year old working on his own bad ass edge.
Posted by derrick on
February 22, 2006
Hello, I must be going.
I cannot stay, I came to say I must be going.
I’m glad I came but just the same I must be going - groucho marx
Well, I just found out yesterday that
Simon Osborne will be the presenter at the
West Michigan Sea Kayak Symposium! As many of you know, in 2002 Simon paddled about 3,000 miles to circumnavigate Great Britain, and in the process, raised 22,000 pounds for the
Leukemia Research fund in memory of his bother Mark. I’m really looking forward to his presentation. So today’s picture is in honor of Simon. Now if I could do it
in moving water with a libation in the other hand, I’d be feeling pretty good!
I also wanted to toss in this picture of Mary setting up for a roll. I’m really feeling bad that I’m starting to lose my hair, but on the other hand there are times when I can see an advantage!
Posted by derrick on
February 20, 2006
I try to socialize, but I can’t seem to find
What I was looking for, got something on my mind.
Then the teacher told me, it had been a lot of fun.
Thanked me for his ticket, and all that I had done.
Hey man, what’s the plan, what was that you said? - tullIt’s not too early to start thinking about the summer sea kayak symposiums in the Midwest! Certainly one of the highlights this year will be the attendance of Shawna Franklin & Leon Somme’ at the Inland Sea Kayak Symposium June 15th thru the 18th this summer in Washburn, Wisconsin.
Do you know the land where the lemon-trees grow,
