Since Bob Dylan first performed Mozambique, I was hooked on the magic. I just wish someone out there performed a decent cover of the song. Innumerable Dylan song covers have blossomed into mega hits. Why not this one? The lyrics, guitar work, violin… and a soothing voice would capture the enchantment and transport us to…
Month: July 2019
July 6th: Sometimes… sail
There are two types of people in the world… powerboat people and sailboat people. No, make that three kinds of people… there are also those who never even get on the water. They are much too “busy” to relax. This third group is so goal obsessed, they cannot imagine being on the water. Work, work…
July 5th: Fantastic! Tell your friends
Do you live close to a major body of water? Or a major river? Or plan to visit? Then this post is for you. As you probably know by now, we love to photograph lighthouses and ships. Lighthouses are usually easy, just map the directions and go. Ships are more difficult. They have this tendency…
July 3rd: Beware the eastern wind
An east current is evil in The Lord of the Rings. The east wind is summoned by Moses to bring a plague of locusts to Egypt. Charles Dickens used it as a harbinger of unfortunate events. What does an east wind bring us? On the beaches of western Michigan… it brings… bugs! We were lazily…
July 2nd: Beauty of the fog
“Sitting in an English garden Waiting for the sun If the sun don’t come you get a tan From standing in the English rain” Those Beatles lyrics popped into my head as we sat on the beach yesterday. On one side of the dunes, bright sunshine. Only a few hundred feet away, approaching the lake,…
July 1st: Dammit, the chick is on our team
1979, the Coe college gym in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. We were playing pickup basketball on the main court. Shooting for teams. Winners would keep defending the court until another team won. A woman had walked into the gym, came right over and sank her shot to be #5 on our team. “Dammit, the chick is on…