Bubba the Pirate

The same night that storms raged across Michigan, including the one that tossed a baby out with the rain water, Dad and I were driving up to...

Well, I hit the wall in Bay City trying to find work to fill in the Boat Refit. It was spooky the way the economy in Michigan $%^&-can...

Monday and Tuesday, I was on my belly reaching as far as I could, forward and aft, scooping black mayonaise out of the bilges. The PO had an...

I have been in Bay City for a week or so. The place I found is an big old house near downtown with an interesting cast of characters. I'...

Sometimes, even for an atheist, the universe seems to be sending a message. Either that or you just need to be good where ever you go. I had...

After a long drive last night, I made it to Bay City. It was a psychological victory to just put my head down and keep going. It wasn't ...

Damn, April Snow! I went to the store Monday with no socks in my shoes; I got the last six snaps on my tonneau cover snapped again; and I ...

This morning, the beginning of the first week of my new adventure, birds were singing and the sun was up. It was an awakening of a new sort....

My last day in the rat race was friday! It took three guys and four parties to get rid of me. Last Saturday night, Junior and the Igniters...

I never really gave up on getting back on the water. I have plotted and planned, wished and dreamed, fixed and schemed for many years. L...