Sunday, April 25, 2010

last couple of days

man o man, the days are flying by, just like the wind all the things air-born in it! i think i just saw lila fly by... wait a minute... that was one of the many, many osprey living around these parts. hope they don't see lila as a tasty treat. she eats enough tuna to smell like the seafood they live off of!
yesterday was rainy, rain, rain, so i spent most of the day in the cabin. i was tidying this and that, and that and this. it's amazing all the stuff we have in here we hadn't even explored yet! well... i think i found all of it now. i think. trying to put things where they'll be as accessible as is directly proportional to the frequency of there use. cricket's cabin is not a huge house to live in, but she can really "suck stuff in!" which is good, as long as you know where everything is... i suppose it's the same with any household, accept there are times when you need something you rarely use (hopefully never use!), but if you need an emergency tiller, or a flare, or a first aid kit, you need it now. don't want to be rummaging for those things, so i'm going to do what kell (our esteemed, previous owner) did and make a map of every locker on board.
also yesterday i sat down for hours (won't admit how many, but let's just say) and made a new movie! hope you enjoy it...

hey!!! visitors! becca and jason vanderwettering!!! fun! more later (plus the movie)...

3 comments:

  1. good evening ben ...

    thank you for writing ...

    had breakfast with mike bill mark and all sailing lake calhoun ... ... ... drove with alberto to brian to help figure out how to raise the mast on a 27 foot catalina ... will make a hinge part for the mast tomorrow ... ... ...

    brian lives on a horse farm about 60 miles north ... ... ... the ride with alberto was filled with joy ... ... ...

    bin totmuede und wunschlos gluecklich ...

    greetings from lake calhoun ...

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  2. oh ben ... we want to thank you 1 000 times ... for the video of the boats mark builds ... for you setting them free ... we are filled with joy ... werner

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  3. tell me a story
    by werner meybaum

    once, there were two boys
    sitting on the grass
    overlooking . . .
    the aussenalster lake in hamburg

    the scene
    the lake
    the grass
    could have been Lake Calhoun

    they were wondering
    how do sailboats sail
    almost directly
    into the wind

    they mustered up their courage
    went to a sailing dock and asked a sailor
    how do sailboats sail
    almost directly into the wind

    the sailor
    did not talk much
    he just invited them to go for a sailboat ride
    and asked them to sit back and observe

    and so they observed . . .
    when the wind
    fills the sail ... near the mast
    the boat is moving forward, almost into the wind

    and . . .
    when the boat
    points directly into the wind
    the boat comes to a standstill

    they had learned
    to go forward
    almost directly
    into the wind

    they had learned
    to stop the boat
    by going
    directly into the wind

    then
    the sailor
    let each of the boys practice
    sailing the boat

    after only one hour
    the sailor jumped off the boat
    and let the two boys
    learn the rest by themselves

    the lesson
    lasted a moment
    the memories
    lasted a lifetime

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