back on dry land, after moving the farewell from portsmouth to baltimmore. took 4 days, got boxed in on day 2, sat at anchor for 37 hours. mostly motored up the bay, bu got some very nice sailing in on day 4. now i'm headed for caimbridge down rigging. i'm going to nose around for other boats while i'm there. i'll be in d.c. monday morning to catch the bus back to hampton. long past few weeks.

when things change they change damn fast. i'm just outside baltimore for the great chesapeake bay schooner race. i'm not racing, but i did take part in the opening event sails, aboard the schooner farewell. i'm getting ready to truck it down to portsmouth to meet farewell, then on monday i'll be bringing her back north. i'll be damned, but i'm going sailing!! while up here, i got to spend some time with a friend of mine, we went out and celebrated her good friend's birthday. lots of singing, and more than a few shots. good times had by all. i'll be a bit quicker with the next update, so i can tell you all about the return trip.

ok. details: biked to richmond and back, about a month ago now. 144.4 miles round trip, in 48 hours. total riding time was probably 18 hours. spent the night in an abandoned factory, with some other folks that i ran into. good people. good trip. last weekend was marcus hook, fantastic event, with equally fantastic people. i look forward to seeing them again. work is progressing fairly steadily. household drama seems to have hit it's peak, and is abating. things look good.

back in hampton, now. interesting night, to say the least. 144 miles in 2 days. i'm tired now. more details eventually.

greetings from richmond! very eventful getting up here, but the laptop's battery is near dead so i'm keepin' it short. gonna go find a place to sleep now. maybe eat too.

so, stuff. i've got a cat now. went to bald head island, nice place but too rich for the likes of me. next is beaufort. i like that event. back in hampton on the 13th, and then i teach a forensics camp. after that, nothing. yet. might be something good coming. we'll see.

july 4th update. happy 4th everyone. as of tomorrow, i'm a NASA VASC (virginia air and space) ERC (education resource center) educator. i've got my first class tomorrow, i'm teaching 4th and 5th graders about a history of fire, how we first made it and the differences between stone age andiron age fire making. so. more work for me, and possibly some teacher credentials down the road.