Oh, so sad. I just got the news that the Cutty Sark caught fire.
The Cutty Sark is a clipper ship, built in 1869 and currently dry-docked at Greenwich, London. Until recently the ship was open for tourists. You could go aboard and explore every nook and cranny. You could check out the rigging. You could hold a belaying pin in your very hand. You could go below and see a display of figureheads from other ships of the period. You could, you could, you could lose yourself completely in the romance of the high seas.
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I got tagged for a meme. So, here are eight random things about me:
1. I am a lousy, and I mean lousy, housekeeper. And frankly, m’dear, I don’t give a damn. But I do keep my car clean.
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So, the other day I learned something astonishing, simply astonishing. My friend Les told me that her Nutrition professor told her the real reason why pirates wear eye patches. Not that they’ve lost an eye, no. It’s so they can keep one eye always adjusted to the dark. If they suddenly have to go belowdecks all they have to do is switch the patch to the other eye and lo and behold they can see just fine. Can you believe it?
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Well, it’s been about three months since the last post. About time for a new one, eh, lest my cyber-presence fade away completely (and thanks, Melissa, for the push).
The fact is, I haven’t particularly felt like writing. In the last three months I’ve read hardly anything. Certainly nothing that inspired me to write. (I don’t necessarily mean write about a book. What I mean is, good writing makes me want to write, period.)
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