tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63834849979345790872024-03-14T09:47:41.981-04:00Drift AwayDave Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00521055331641320893noreply@blogger.comBlogger698125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383484997934579087.post-23495217696298782232024-03-13T23:51:00.004-04:002024-03-14T09:10:21.791-04:00My Song<p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""S hne", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"">I just want to live<br /></span><span face=""S hne", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"">to enjoy my life's song<br /></span><span face=""S hne", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"">Spring soon turns to winter</span><span face=""S hne", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji""><br />life's really not that long</span></p><p></p><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""S hne", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"">Many live to own things<br /></span><span face=""S hne", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"">I've always thought that wrong<br /></span><span face=""S hne", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"">I'm attached to living<br /></span><span face=""S hne", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"">and singing my life's song</span></p><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""S hne", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"">Listen not to others<br /></span><span face=""S hne", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"">Your life is yours alone<br /></span><span face=""S hne", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"">Follow your heart it's often said<br /></span><span face=""S hne", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"">Let it guide you home</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""S hne", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"">Old age creeps upon me<br /></span><span face=""S hne", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"">My end days now on wing<br /></span><span face=""S hne", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"">But I have my cherished memories<br /></span><span face=""S hne", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"">Of the song I chose to sing</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="S hne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, apple-system, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Noto Sans, sans-serif, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Apple Color Emoji, Segoe UI 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Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00521055331641320893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383484997934579087.post-30639106558737448772021-03-24T09:16:00.000-04:002021-03-24T09:16:20.829-04:00Free Stuff<p><br /></p><div class="post-header" style="background-color: #002f44; color: #8899aa; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5232476292988184561" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #002f44; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568px;"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #323030; color: white;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">I turned on the TV news. For once, the headline was not the pandemic but refugees walking north to the US from points south. </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #323030; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #323030; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: white;">I am going to set aside my usual humorous look at life and get serious, since this is a very serious issue for Americans today.</span></span></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #323030; color: white;">I've read, with great dismay, the bigoted rants from many here. "They're coming to take our jobs! They'll get free stuff! They'll vote Democrat! They won't learn English! They don't look like us!"</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #323030; color: white;">Puh-leese. No. Just simply no. I have never read such idiocy in my life. It HAS to be coming from the retards (my apologies to the mentally disabled for the use of THAT old bigoted term) at Fox News. The ol' fair and balanced source of stupidity.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #323030; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #323030; color: white;">Let me start with the easy one. English. The United States has no official language. Or culture. Get that thought out of your head right now. We are a melting pot, and I for one celebrate that. I don't want to live where everyone looks and acts just like me. Yeah, like that would happen. You know what I mean.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #323030; color: white;">What these migrant folks are, are people. Refugee people. People coming here to improve their lot in life. People leaving behind all they knew, friends and relatives they love, to seek a better life away from violence, civil war, a drug culture, and poverty. Some, like a few I've personally known in the past, are fleeing violence in their home countries and are running north to protect their families. One kid I saw on the news was ten years old, traveling all alone. His mom and or dad sent him away. Can you conceive of a parent resorting to such a desperate move?</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #323030; color: white;">Imagine being ten, like that one kid I watched on the news, and being told to walk north a thousand miles with just the clothes on your back with a few pesos in your pocket, and relying on the kindness of fellow travelers. Could you do that when you were ten? But he's coming here for our free stuff and to vote Democrat?</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #323030; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #323030; color: white;">Now, Dave comes out, channeling Will Rogers.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #323030; color: white;">The Jews fleeing WWII Europe came here for free stuff and that Hitler thing was an excuse. There was no potato famine in Ireland. Free stuff. Asians didn't flock here to build railroads. Free stuff. Columbus sailed here looking for free stuff. Lewis and Clark were looking for free stuff out west. Go back in time to Moses who wandered the desert looking for free stuff. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #323030; color: white;">We are all on Facebook and the internet why? We're all looking for free stuff.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #323030; color: white;">The US has a space program and we send rovers to Mars to search for more free stuff, since we're running out of free stuff here on Earth. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #323030; color: white;">But seriously... those so-called Americans who think these refugee folks are coming here for free stuff should be absolutely ashamed of themselves. Vote Democrat? Most have no idea what voting means.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #323030; color: white;">To quote a famous American, "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.". </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #323030; color: white;">I suggest moving the Statue of Liberty to El Paso. </span></div></div></div></div>Dave Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00521055331641320893noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383484997934579087.post-76188047073592946982020-04-14T14:37:00.001-04:002020-04-14T14:37:23.924-04:00New Blog<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: white; font-size: large;">Hey, Drift Away blog followers.<br /><br />I'm not sure why, but I started a new blog. It is called Observatatin'. This is about nothing, really, just tidbits of life that I find interesting or amusing. It will not be updated everyday. I'm not that witty anymore<br /><br />The idea came to me while I was ruminatin' out of my apartment window. But since Ruminatin' was taken, I had to invent a new word.<br /><br />Check it out if you're so inclined.<br /><br />https://observatating.blogspot.com/</span><br />
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Dave Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00521055331641320893noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383484997934579087.post-40933712136435373482020-03-08T13:27:00.003-04:002020-03-08T13:29:08.989-04:00The Final Book is Available<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hi all.<br />
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Not much to say, other than the third and final book in the Voyage of Drift Away series has been published and is available on Lulu, Amazon, Barnes and Nobel, etc.<br />
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I apologize for it taking me two years to write, but to be honest, it was difficult to write.<br />
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Dave Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00521055331641320893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383484997934579087.post-2215770261844336982020-01-19T09:16:00.002-05:002020-01-19T10:50:02.444-05:00Epilogue: Life Laughs at your plans<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I finished my third book in the "Voyage of Drift Away" series, based on this blog. It has been a struggle for me.</div>
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If you followed all 600+ posts in the blog, there is little need to buy any of the books. But if you do, mail them to me (email me for my mailing address) and I'll sign them and mail them back to you.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But this morning, I happened to think that you regular blog followers wouldn't have the chance to read the final chapter of the last book, so I decided to publish it here for you so you won't miss anything. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here you go.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Epilogue: Life laughs at your plans</b></span></div>
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Did you ever have a sad day? A day where you just want to shut the
world out, and sit in your room with the curtains drawn? That is me
today, as I write this.<br />
<br />
While editing the final version of this book, I came across this.
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Pam and I never had a plan nor a schedule. When we left
Connecticut on <i>Drift Away </i><span style="font-style: normal;">in</span>
September of 2011. We intended to wander south as our mood and
circumstances dictated, which we more or less did. However, returning
to upstate New York, ten acres of land in the Adirondack Park fell
into our laps, just like <i>Drift Away</i> did a couple of years ago.<br />
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The land is all wooded except for a road that was put in by the
previous owner. We intend to build a house, garage, and barn (for
horses) after clearing the land to see the view of Shaker Mountain.
As much as I dislike snow, now that I'm retired, I can envision
myself sitting in front of a big ol' stone fireplace with a hot cup
of coffee and watching the snow gently fall. Gertie is curled up on
the hearth, and Chevy and Ruby on the oval rug in front of the fire.
There is nothing but silence. Well, nothing but silence now that Pam
has finished plowing and shoveling, mucking stalls, cooked my
breakfast of bacon and eggs and home fries, and got herself off to
her job. Life is good.
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That last part about Pamela was humor.<br />
<br />
I was wistfully thinking of our future back in 2012. It was not to
be.<br />
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We had bought the ten acres of land in the Adirondack Mountains of
upstate New York. And we were going great guns. The driveway was
finished, the land cleared, the well drilled, and a couple of
outbuildings built. Then I had an accident. A tree hit me on the
head and broke my neck and gave me a very severe concussion. Life
changed. Not for the better.<br />
<br />
I was no longer capable of building anything. Those plans had to
be scrapped. <i>Drift Away</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> had
sold. Pamela and I bought an RV and became classic snowbirds. But
then the yearly commute to Florida and back became too much for me.
We had a choice to make. New York or Florida. We chose Florida,
where Pamela's mom, daughter and grandson lived.</span><br />
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I started writing books. Pamela worked
at horse ranches. Something deep inside changed. Our lives were no
longer what they were. Of course.</div>
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I'll spare you the personal stuff.</div>
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Today, my Ruby, my buddy Chevy, and little Dirty Gertie have crossed the Rainbow Bridge.
Pamela left, taking Olivia with her and another dog we took from a drug dealer, Penelope.<br />
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It's funny how life changes, eh? I had the world by the tail for a
time. No longer.<br />
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The light of my life went out. My joie de vivre, my joy of life,
was gone.<br />
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This book was hard for me to read and edit. I wrote the first
draft two years ago. I had to set it aside. I couldn't finish it.
It was too sad for me. Too emotional.<br />
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But I realized that to heal, I had to finish it. I hope that with
this blog and book, I have touched you in some way. Perhaps even
made you evaluate your own life. I needed to share the joy I had
found with you all.<br />
<br />
So my final words, in my final writings of this “Voyage of Drift
Away” series, is that you never know what life holds for you. Grab
life by the tail. I realized life could be fleeting and I lived it
as best I could, with the loves of my life. I'm so glad I did. No
one can take away my memories. Memories that I've now shared with
you. <br />
<br />
I will leave you with some of my favorite
quotes.<br />
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<i>“Twenty years from now you will be more
disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did
do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch
the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” </i><br />
<ul>
<li><i>attributed to Mark Twain.</i></li>
</ul>
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<i>Sunrise, sunset.</i></div>
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<i>Sunrise, sunset.</i></div>
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<i>Swiftly fly the years.</i></div>
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<i>Seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers,</i></div>
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<i>Blossoming even as we gaze.<br /><br />Sunrise, sunset.</i></div>
<i>Sunrise, sunset.</i><br />
<i>Swiftly fly the years.</i><br />
<i>One season following another,</i><br />
<i>Laden with happiness</i> and<i>d tears.</i><br />
<i>
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<i>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>composer Jerry Bock and lyricist Sheldon Harnick.</li>
</ul>
</i><br />
<ul>
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<span style="font-style: normal;">And finally, for </span><i>Drift Away</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
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<i>Thanks for the joy that you've given
me</i><br />
<i>I want you to know I believe in your song</i><br />
<i>Rhythm and rhyme
and harmony</i><br />
<i>You helped me along </i><br />
<i>makin' me strong</i><br />
<i></i><br />
<i>Oh,
give me the beat, boys, and free my soul</i><br />
<i>I wanna get lost in your
rock and roll
</i></div>
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<i>and drift away... </i></div>
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<ul style="text-align: left;"><i>
<li>songwriters Jerry Lynn Williams</li>
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Dave Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00521055331641320893noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383484997934579087.post-77750439383273397442019-10-18T07:17:00.002-04:002019-10-18T07:25:53.897-04:00My Personal Favorite Blog Entry<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I loved writing this blog. It was personally enlightening. It may have provided a little bit of entertainment to you, but it showed me that I could regain my creativity. It was gone for decades thanks to a really bad tenth grade English teacher who said I couldn't write. But what I learned was that it doesn't matter. What matters is I like what I write, and by extension, some of you might as well.<br />
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I wrote an entry just about every day. If a blog entry was late, I'd get emails.<br />
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"Dave, I'm sitting in my cubicle with my donut and coffee. Where is the blog?"<br />
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So after many years of daily blogs, I accumulated quite a few. I've been asked if I have a favorite. Well, pelicans are my favorite bird, so it had to have pelicans in it. It had to show that I regained the imagination of my youth. It had to show humor. This one, from April 3, 2013...<br />
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<a href="https://trawlerdriftaway.blogspot.com/2013/04/pelicans-and-mathematics.html">https://trawlerdriftaway.blogspot.com/2013/04/pelicans-and-mathematics.html</a><br />
<a href="https://trawlerdriftaway.blogspot.com/2013/04/pelicans-and-mathematics.html" target="_blank">Pelicans and Mathematics</a><br />
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Short story. After Drift Away, Pamela and I moved to a remote cabin in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. We learned that we had Sasquatch (seriously? They're real?) all around us. So I decided to blog about it, of course. Then I did the improbable. I turned my blog entries into a book. <br />
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"Living Among Sasquatch: A Primer" became a hit in the Bigfoot world. It was, and is, a best seller. It sold so well it was on Amazon's best seller list for a month. <br />
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I ran out of things to write about. At Pam's urging, I wrote a novel. And then a second. No facts here, just my imagination. They don't sell well, but they are also my favorite writings.<br />
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You can go to Amazon and search for "Dave Gibson Sasquatch". Go to the book. Click on my author name and go to my author's page. There are all of may books, so far. Thank you. This is due to encouragement from you.<br />
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Writing fiction, where I can really let loose is liberating. Exhausting at times, but it removes me from real life and sets me free. I am in another place.</div>
Dave Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00521055331641320893noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383484997934579087.post-16200683434004432712019-10-17T03:16:00.000-04:002019-10-17T03:16:12.852-04:00Why you should go now<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<br /><br />Do you want a reason to go now, not later?<br /><br /><br />About two weeks ago I passed out in the bathroom, hitting the toilet so hard that I broke the seat. I didn't wake up until the hospital. After a week of them saying nothing was wrong and there was nothing they could do, they sent me home.<br /><br /> The next morning, I was hit with some kind of attack and was so weak that I couldn't get off the couch. The landlady found me and called 911 since I couldn't get to the phone myself. Back to the hospital, same result. Nothing wrong. So they sent me to a rehab center for physical therapy. I seemed strange to me, but it was they that figured out that my electrolytes were screwed up, with potassium being especially low. They can't get a handle on it. But they give me blood tests at least once a day and are pumping me full of potassium but it continues to drop. I might be here for a long time, until my insurance runs out.<br /><br /> I managed to take a cab ride home today and fetched some clothes, my phone, and my laptop. Now I'm back in touch with the world.<br /><br /> I am finally back on Facebook. What did I miss? Anything?<br /><br /> I'm at Windsor Woods in Hudson, FL, home of the sinkhole.<br /><br />BTW, sitting here, I just realized that I have another concussion. One pupil smaller than the other, dizziness, poor balance, etc. I can only wonder if this is just a continuation of the first concussion, the head/tree one. Why would I just pass out?<br /><br />But I'm afraid it might happen again, somewhere, without warning. I gave my car to Pamela. My car was my one remaining asset. I am now asset-less. <br /><br />That is, <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; direction: ltr; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">asset-less except for the memories of Pamela's and my cruise. No one can take that from me.<br /><br />Do it now.</span><br /><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br /></div>
Dave Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00521055331641320893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383484997934579087.post-7321163137597224642019-09-19T13:18:00.001-04:002019-09-19T13:22:22.077-04:0069th Birthday? Really?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: white;">For everyone wishing me a happy birthday today... thank you. I should not be here. The tree whacking me on the head in 2013 would have killed a normal person. But me Irish genes pulled me through, and my Polish side says "You want a fight? C'mon, bring it."</span></div>
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Dave Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00521055331641320893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383484997934579087.post-88375431680865557632019-09-05T03:32:00.001-04:002019-09-05T04:22:27.468-04:00Visions<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: #20124d; color: #cccccc;">I am currently receiving mental health therapy for depression. I go to group therapy Monday through Friday. Am I nuts? Most likely. But there are things that I have come to learn about myself because of therapy.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d; color: #cccccc;">There are two "me's". The conscience me that muddles through the day. And the unconscious me. The later is the me with artistic abilities who can paint, photograph, write, and <span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">ponder deep thoughts.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d; color: #cccccc;">My visions come to me while asleep. These are not just dreams. These are vivid and there is a clear difference between dreams and visions.<span style="font-family: inherit;">For example... many years ago, I was studying to become a Mormon. This is a religion that I admire. I was visited once a week by a Sister and an Elder. But as I got serious into converting from Catholicism to Mormonism, I had a vision. "THIS IS NOT MY RELIGION" it yelled. I stopped the visits by the Sister and Elder. I knew then that my visions were real.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When my dad passed, I had a vision. In this vision, saw people as far as I could see. Then my dad and mom appeared from the</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">crowd. "Look who I found!" my dad said, with his arm around my mom. There is an afterlife, my vision told me, and my mom and dad were OK.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #20124d; color: #cccccc;">For background, I am certainly different. I had an EEG after a car accident some 50 years ago. My doctor called me back to the hospital to repeat the EEG. After that was complete, he called me into his office to tell me that my brainwaves were abnormal. He had never seen anything like it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #20124d; color: #cccccc;">So, because of therapy and connecting all of the dots like my weird brainwaves, I now realize that I am not normal compared to you all. I am wired differently. Perhaps that is why Sasquatch, who are very spiritual, can and will communicate with me, as does a higher power. It is why I know things about the Forest People that no one knows.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #20124d; color: #cccccc;">But am I crazy, or just coming to grips with a reality. At this point in my life, I am understanding that I have a gift. A gift that I am still coming to grips with. Or... I am just nuts.</span></span></div>
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Dave Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00521055331641320893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383484997934579087.post-74198839024494858132018-03-11T09:03:00.000-04:002018-03-11T09:03:11.438-04:00Book Two is Published<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Well, actually it is book six for me. But the first four are about Sasquatch, the last two about Drift Away and the live aboard lifestyle.<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">The second book is Annapolis to Savannah (actually Isle of Hope just outside of Savannah) and is more cruising oriented since we're actually moving. This book is just published </span>and <span style="text-align: left;">hasn't made it to general distribution yet but is now available on Lulu.</span></div>
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<br /><br /><br />Book three in the series will cover from Savannah to Brunswick to Jacksonville (Green Cove Springs, actually). I haven't started on that one, taking a short break. And that should do it... of course, I do tend to get wordy, so there may be a book four. But I will do my best to keep it short... although there are victory beers involved.<br />
<br /><br />Dave's <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dave-Gibson/e/B075Z7S69H/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2?qid=1520771779&sr=1-2" target="_blank">author page</a> on Amazon.<br /></div>
Dave Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00521055331641320893noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383484997934579087.post-11580989666376854332018-02-07T08:53:00.004-05:002018-02-07T09:57:57.077-05:00Be Like Sammy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I don't think we realize the impact we have on other people's lives. That being said, sometimes we instantly recognize the impact others have on us.<br />
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When Pamela and I traveled south on Drift Away, we stopped at Isle of Hope Marina outside of Savannah. We very quickly met the goodwill ambassador of Isle of Hope, Sammy Moore. Sammy was one of those guys you took an instant liking to. Happy, friendly, and outgoing.<br />
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Pam and I were admiring the blue glass tied to a small tree in his front yard and Sammy came down and introduced himself, and then invited us up to the apartment over his garage for a visit. That's where Sammy lived. Next to it was the house he owned, but he didn't live in that. It was more than he needed.<br />
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Sammy was an excellent photographer and was the inspiration for me to buy my Nikon DSLR and to get serious about photography myself. Sammy hated his photo being taken. This photo I took without him knowing it with my 300mm zoom lens.<br /><br />
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<br />Sammy also had a great sense of humor. Isle of Hope banned golf carts on the streets. This photo was Sammy's response.<br />
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Dave Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00521055331641320893noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383484997934579087.post-9862354265665474322017-11-22T13:34:00.001-05:002017-11-22T13:38:20.716-05:00The Voyage of Drift Away: Stamford to Annapolis<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Well, I wrote book one of an anticipated two book set, <a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/pamela-and-dave-gibson/the-voyage-of-drift-away-stamford-to-annapolis/paperback/product-23419567.html" target="_blank">the Voyage of Drift Away: Stamford to Annapolis</a>. The next will be Annapolis to Green Cove Springs (below Jacksonville).<br />
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It is in the process of being published. Until I receive a proof and approve it, the book is available only on Lulu.com (click on the link above). Within a couple of weeks, it will be available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, your local bookstore, etc.<br />
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I did not go color. The 6x9 paperback would run $105! Ain't no way! So the photos are black and white. If anyone really wants color, let me know and I'll have one made for you. <br />
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Dave Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00521055331641320893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383484997934579087.post-83595924187817643692017-11-13T20:29:00.002-05:002017-11-13T20:29:42.385-05:00New Plan for the Books<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I communicated with a publisher about this Drift Away blog transferred to Drift Away books. First, I was told that publishers aren't interested in a series of books, which this would have to be. At least two, perhaps three books worth. Then I was told that they weren't interested in publishing a blog format book. <br />
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Alright. Well... I am. My first book, <i>Living Among Sasquatch: A Primer</i> is in a blog format and those who reviewed it loved it! It is a diary of sorts, so the reader follows right along with us in our learning curve. Most certainly the same would hold true in Pamela and me buying a derelict old trawler, making it serviceable, and then traveling down the east coast on it. Blog format it will be.<br />
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Publishing in color is also important to me. The blog photos are one key to the success of the blog, and therefore so too the books. I thought I'd have to do hardcover to get color photos, but I found a less expensive alternative. I can publish a 6 x 9 full color paperback, which is the way I will go. I mean really, who is going to pay $100+ for a hardcover book? Not this cheap old bastard.<br />
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I learned in business long ago that the secret to success is to listen to your customers. My blog and book readers are my customers, and I hear you. I will forego traditional publishing and self publish the books my way, not their way. Even if I don't achieve the volume of book sales of a traditional publisher, I don't care. This is the way you've asked for it, and the way I like it, the way you will get it, and the way I think it will work best.<br />
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Volume one will be Stamford to Albany to Annapolis, and ~may~ be available by Christmas. The next volume(s), from Annapolis to Jacksonville, will be in 2018.<br />
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That's the plan. Like cruising on Drift Away, it may change, but that is at least the vague idea. It is time for a victory beer.<br />
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Dave Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00521055331641320893noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383484997934579087.post-7031724128979071582017-11-07T12:21:00.000-05:002017-11-07T12:21:35.277-05:00The Voyage of Drift Away - The Book(s)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This blog has been an online chronicle of not only Drift Away the boat, but Pamela and me, our dogs and cats, our travels, and our lifestyle. Many of you have asked if I'm going to write a book about it. I am now in the process of doing exactly that. <br />
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But I have a problem. It is getting too big. I'm not even through the first year and the book is over 300 pages, and I have two years to go.<br />
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I thought about leaving out the photos, but as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. Make it only about our travels? Naw. Too many cruising books out there already. Leave out the boat projects? No! That was half the "fun" (I just got to the part where we were replacing the refrigerator and found out the old one was glued in). <br />
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I left out the obvious parts, like going to car shows. But that ain't enough.<br />
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So I decided that instead of cutting out sections, I would just include the entire thing. When I finish and see exactly how big it is, I'll start editing it and whittling it down.<br />
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As you long time followers know, we spent a lot of time in Annapolis, Isle of Hope, and Brunswick, and I won't bore you with repetitive happy hours, etc. So maybe it won't be too bad.<br />
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But what I'm considering is breaking it down into two volumes. The first would be 2011, the second 2012 and 2013 to keep the size and cost manageable. To make the photos color, which I think is important, the volumes would have to be hardcover. <br />
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The cost of color hardcover books is lofty. The 174 page hardcover book I just published (Sasquatch, not cruising) sells for $59.99 on Amazon. These could be twice that each.<br />
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I can also do eBooks and paperback with black and white photos for the thrifty of us. <br />
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Just thinking out loud here. Any thoughts?</div>
Dave Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00521055331641320893noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383484997934579087.post-10573252745539969932017-11-02T10:53:00.000-04:002017-11-02T10:53:04.087-04:00A Question For You All<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I graduated from writing magazine articles to writing blogs to writing books. I just published another book about Sasquatch and republished my first book in hardcover and color. I now will move on to publishing "The Voyage of Drift Away: A Toilet Companion". But...<br />
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I downloaded Blurb, a blog to text tool, only it has a 500 page minimum. What I intended to do was to convert the whole blog and then weed out the silly parts, which would get it down to six or seven pages.<br />
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No, kidding. Weed out the stuff not cruising lifestyle related. But with a 500 page minimum, heck, I might as well just copy and paste from the blog. But that seems like a tremendous amount of work. Not that I won't do it. I will. But does anyone have a better idea? Any other blog to text tools?<br />
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Look for Drift Away, the book, in 2018 I guess.</div>
Dave Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00521055331641320893noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383484997934579087.post-20975764845345686082017-10-27T03:15:00.000-04:002017-10-27T03:15:01.042-04:002018 Golden Isles Calendar<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I suppose all cruisers have their favorite places. Pamela's and mine are Georgia's Low Country, but especially the Golden Isles.<br />
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While putzing about with my fourth book, I put together a 2018 calendar using photos taken by yours truly. It is available on <a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/dave-gibson/golden-isles-2018/calendar/product-23375575.html" target="_blank">Lulu.com</a>.<br />
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I received my proof today, and it is a go. Here are the pics in it.<br />
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I'm in the process of writing another book, and in the introduction to it, I mention Drift Away.<br />
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I vividly recall Pamela and I discussing names for our old trawler but nothing fit. I believe that things and pets and babies will name themselves given enough time. We were listening to the radio, and Dobie Gray came on.<br />
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<i>Yeah, give me the beat boys and free my soul</i></div>
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<i>I wanna get lost in your rock and roll and drift away</i></div>
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<i>And when my mind is free</i></div>
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<i>You know a melody can move me</i></div>
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<i>And when I'm feelin' blue</i></div>
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<i>The guitar's comin' through to soothe me</i></div>
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<i>Thanks for the joy that you've given me</i></div>
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<i>I want you to know I believe in your song</i></div>
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<i>And rhythm and rhyme and harmony</i></div>
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<i>You've helped me along</i></div>
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<i>Makin' me strong</i></div>
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<i>Oh, give me the beat boys and free my soul</i></div>
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<i>I wanna get lost in your rock and roll and drift away</i></div>
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<i>Give me the beat boys and free my soul</i></div>
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<i>I wanna get logst in your rock and roll and drift away</i></div>
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<i>Oh, give me the beat boys and free my soul</i></div>
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<i>I wanna get lost in your rock and roll and drift away</i></div>
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<i>Hey, give me the beat boys and free my soul</i></div>
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<i>I wanna get lost in your rock and roll and drift away</i></div>
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<i>Na na na, won't you, won't you take me</i></div>
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<i>Oh, take me</i></div>
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</i>Reading the lyrics then, what stood out was<br />
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<i>Oh, give me the beat boys and free my soul, I wanna get lost in your rock and roll and drift away...</i><br />
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But today, reading the same lyrics, the ones that jump off the screen are<br />
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<i>Thanks for the joy that you've given me</i><br />
<i>I want you to know I believe in your song</i><br />
<i>And rhythm and rhyme and harmony</i><br />
<i>You've helped me along</i><br />
<i>Makin' me strong</i><br />
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Drift Away wasn't just an old trawler. It was a lifetime experience. Thank you all for following our adventures, and misadventures. You are the reason I wrote this blog, and continue to write. You prodded me everyday, especially when the day's blog was late. <br />
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In other news, I've started investigating looking for a literary agent to handle the publishing and marketing of my books. And I'm contemplating a film agent for <i>Weak in Body, Strong in Mind and Spirit</i>, a wild book if I do say so myself. I'm a bit shocked that this one came from my own brain because it is pretty, uh... bizarre, although you loyal readers may not be surprised at all.<br />
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My current book project is another nonfiction Sasquatch book that needed to be written, and then it is back to writing <i>the Drift Away Toilet Companion</i>. Anyone who is a "follower" (by clicking the "subscribe to Drift Away" link above) will get a signed copy at a discount off of Amazon's list price. And actually, if anyone wants a discounted signed copy of any of my books, email me at adkdave at hotmail.com (replace "at" with "@", no spaces). All books retail for $16.95 on Amazon. I'll sign any books and mail them for $15 each plus $2 for shipping. You can mail me a check or pay me on Pay Pal, which is easier. The books are:<br />
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<i>Living Among Sasquatch: A Primer</i> (non-fiction)<br />
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A chronicle of Pamela's and my experiences in learning that not only were Sasquatch real, but that we were living among them in our cabin in the woods.<br />
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<i>Living Among Little People: A Guide for Sasquatch</i> (almost all fiction)<br />
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Generally follows the same story as Living Among Sasquatch but told from our Sasquatch's perspective. It is a tongue-in-cheek narrative where our Sasquatch misinterprets just about everything he observes us doing, with a good dose of action and suspense.<br />
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<i>Weak in Body, Strong in Mind and Spirit</i><br />
(completely made up, except the people and places are real) <br />
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This book is a real hoot. That's probably all I can say about it. This came from my alleged brain, which should not come as a surprise anyone who knows me.<br />
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I am awaiting a proof of a 2018 calendar containing my photographs from Georgia's Golden Isles, our favorite part of our cruise. Heck, I'll even sign that for you in gratitude for making this all possible. $10, $1 for shipping.<br />
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Thank you all.<br />
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Just to get you Drift Away folk caught up with my photography. Some you've seen before on this blog, others are new.<br />
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Dave Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00521055331641320893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383484997934579087.post-26971733429259433972017-10-06T22:39:00.000-04:002017-10-07T04:51:01.788-04:00Photography!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Like I wrote about often in this blog, I wrote this blog not only for you, but for Pam and me. Now that we're no longer cruising and living aboard, my writing and photography have taken a new turn.<br />
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I'm still writing. Believe it or not... about Sasquatch. We bought land in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York and we soon learned we had Sasquatch all about. I wrote my first book last year.<br />
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This was followed by two novels, <i>Living Among Little People: A Guide for Sasquatch</i> and <i>Weak in Body, Strong in Mind and Spirit. </i>I am currently working on my fourth book, another non-fiction describing Sasquatch behavior.<br />
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Regarding photography, since I no longer have the benefit of friggin' pelicans or driftwood beaches, I've had to step up my game a bit and expand into areas I never thought I'd venture such as portrait photography. Here are some examples.<br />
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Dave Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00521055331641320893noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383484997934579087.post-64135185278010725262017-09-27T16:32:00.001-04:002017-09-27T16:35:02.682-04:00Amazon's Author's Page<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
If you've enjoyed this old blog over the years... or even if you're new to it... I am now a published author. I just set up my author's page on Amazon. It can be found at<br />
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It is still a work in process. but it has the links to my books, both paperback and Kindle.<br />
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If you read and enjoy the books, I'd appreciate a four or five star review. If you didn't like the books, it is not possible to leave a review.</div>
Dave Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00521055331641320893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383484997934579087.post-42056366428950935552017-09-23T10:50:00.001-04:002017-09-23T10:56:44.611-04:00What is art?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
What is art? Is it writing? Is it taking photographs? Or is it painting and sculpture?<br />
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I belong to a local art group. I quickly learned that they were focused on painting and little else. Well, after attentding several meetings, I lost interest. A few days ago, I received an email wondering where I was. This was my response this morning...<br />
<br />Hi Jud,<br /><br />Thank you for the note. Yep, in the hospital again in August. It seems to be one health issue after another. I am facing yet more challenges now.<br /><br />I am also helping two buddies out with building horse fences, working from 7 to noon most days. We call our company "the Old Goat Fence and Deck Company". Our motto is "If we ain't in the hospital, we show up!". Since I don't finish working until noon (getting much needed exercise), it precludes me from attending meetings.<br /><br />But besides that, and although I enjoy the presentations, I get a feeling that OAG doesn't take photography seriously as an art form. It is focused on painting, mainly, and although I certainly enjoy and appreciate painting as an art, artistry goes beyond that. I left an Ocala photography club because they were too focused on only photography. Which I guess they should, being a photography club. But to me, art can be found in many mediums.<br /><br />I will return on an off day from building horse fences. OAG should consider stepping beyond the confines of painting, though. Let me tell you a story why.<br /><br />When I was young, I loved to read. I lived in our town library. Every week, I'd take out the maximum of three books, and I would devour them, returning week after week to get three more. Loving reading, I also loved to write. In 10th grade, we were given a book report assignment to read a book and report on it. I read my book, and worked very hard on my report. I wrote an outline, and then draft after draft. I submitted the final report. A week later, it came back with an F. I shot my hand up and asked my teacher why. My English teacher said because it was good. Too good. I was incapable of writing like that and I must have copied it. I was a lousy writer.<br /><br />I went through life thinking I was incapable of writing. But about 25 years ago, I posted on a sailing magazine's online message board about what I learned from chartering a sailboat and sailing in the Caribbean. The magazine's editor emailed me and asked if he could publish it. Me? A guy who can't write? Sure, I answered, figuring it would be heavily edited. It was not. It was published word for word. And I got a nice check! I went on to write many magazine articles over the years, and then a wildly popular blog about cruising down the eastern seaboard on our 46 foot trawler, which has over a half a million hits (http://trawlerdriftaway.blogspot.com/). And finally, I wrote three books just last year, one of which is on Amazon's best seller list.<br /><br />So my advice to the OAG, whether I am able to return or not, is to accept and nurture all art forms. OAG should not be focused on painting. It should include all art, from photography to the performing arts. Consider presentations by members, and what they do and why they do it. Why do you paint? Why do you photograph? Why do you write? Why do you do whatever it is you do? Why did you join OAG and what did you expect it to be?<br /><br />Also, by having weekday meetings, you are limiting OAG to retirees. Consider also having weekend meetings, so those of us who work can attend.<br /><br />Whether I can attend again or not depends upon the Old Goat Fence and Deck Company, but regardless, you have a good thing going there. From my decades in business though, I think you can expand and do better.<br /><br />Best Regards,<br /><br />Dave Gibson</div>
Dave Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00521055331641320893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383484997934579087.post-71540193169755063242017-08-13T16:07:00.003-04:002017-08-13T16:16:27.768-04:00Over Half a Million Hits now?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I've been reliving our cruise on Drift Away by rereading this old blog, and I have to say that it was an incredible adventure. Plus Pam and I met some amazing people. This post from a few years ago was about reaching 100,000 hits. It has now surpasses a half a million. Cool beans.<br />
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I guess some things are timeless, and someone googling small ice makers or electronic chart plotters still stumble on it. And that is definitely cool.<br />
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But what I think I also miss are the commenters who took the time to read my ramblings each day and to insert their own pithy comments. Thank you all. You are part of the reason I wrote, and why I am now an author. The next book "The Voyage of Drift Away: A Toilet Companion" is upcoming, thanks to you all.<br />
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Dave Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00521055331641320893noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383484997934579087.post-36285403859850654702017-07-23T07:20:00.000-04:002017-07-23T07:20:22.130-04:00Visiting an Old Friend. Drift Away.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Friday was our buddy Gibb's birthday, so we treated him to a trip to St. Augustine. That is where Drift Away now lives, now named Happy Ours.<br />
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Pamela was very apprehensive about seeing our old boat, but I wanted to see the progress the new owners have made, and Gibb (once a boater too) wanted to see it. <br />
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Our friend Gibb is a big guy, 6'2". So I let him sit in the front and I sat in the back behind Pamela in the car.<br />
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We were met in the parking lot by Vern. He and his wife Ruth are the new owners. The more observant of you will notice the new blue Sunbrella replaced the green we installed. Also the windshield was installed, and the bowsprit has been removed to facilitate the repair of the foredeck.</div>
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Notice the brightwork, Ruth's handiwork.</div>
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Dust-catching blinds were removed, and curtains installed.</div>
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As Vern and I toured the boat, he mentioned that he uses the blog periodically as a resource when undertaking boat projects. Yet another reason ya'all should write blogs.<br /><br />The work left to be done was considerable, for sure, and they even ran into a few mechanical issues, which surprised me because when we had Drift Away hauled at Green Cove Springs it was running perfectly. But such is boats.</div>
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Vern and Ruth are nice people and doing a great job with the boat, but Pamela didn't handle it well. We had too many fond memories aboard that boat and it pained her to know those days are behind us, but she did say that the new owners seem to love that boat as much as we did. To me, it is comforting to know that the boat is being lovingly cared for, and not sitting in a bone pile in some dingey marina.</div>
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Dave Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00521055331641320893noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383484997934579087.post-45144468515428232422017-06-12T12:16:00.003-04:002017-06-12T12:19:44.187-04:00Writing Cruising Blogs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I had a comment on my last blog entry asking about writing cruising blogs. I'm certainly no expert, but I'll give you my opinion.<br />
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Background: I worked very hard on a 10th grade English composition. I wrote, edited, and rewrote. I got the paper back with an F. My hand shot up. I asked the teacher why. He said it was good. Too good. I was incapable of writing like that, so I must have plagiarized it. With the wind knocked out of my sails, I went through life thinking I couldn't write, so I didn't. <br />
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I used to frequent the old Cruising World message board a couple of decades ago and I'd post often. I wrote a post about what I had learned after my first charter in the Caribbean. I soon received an email from the editor of the magazine asking if he could publish it. Dumbfounded, I didn't know what to say. Figuring it would be heavily edited, I told him to go ahead. It was published almost exactly as I wrote it. And I got a check!<br />
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Maybe I could write? I love to write. So I started writing and submitting articles to a number of sailing magazines, all of which were published, and then I was asked to write an article for a general cruising magazine. <br />
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In 2011, I started this blog to keep things fresh in my writing, but also to tell stories of our restoration of an old trawler, and then our cruise down the ICW. Now, I author books. Three last year, one non-fiction and two novels.<br />
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And now that Pam and I no longer cruise, I don't update this blog everyday like I used to, but only an occasional post here and there. It is time for someone else to pick up the mantle. Here is my advice, for what it is worth.<br />
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If you want to attract a following, post everyday you are able. People want something to read in their cubicles on coffee breaks. I used to get emails if my blog wasn't up by 9 AM.<br />
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I learned in an Effective Business Communications course in college to not use big college words if you want to get your point across. It makes one sound arrogant and stuffy. Write like you talk. And since you're addressing each person one at a time as they log on to your blog, make it conversational.<br />
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Reread and edit each post before publishing. Make sure there a no typos, misspelled words, or poor grammar (unless it is part of the story and done purposely). The few times I was in a rush and did not proofreed (see what I did there? 😁 ), I would invariably find all of the above. Ugh.<br />
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Keep each post concise and to the point. No one wants to read long, windy, drawn out blog posts. If I click on a blog and it is too long, I close it. If it has hundreds of photographs, I close it.<br />
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Keep it as lighthearted as possible. Everyone loves a bit of humor tossed in. If you do something stupid, be sure to include that for sure. Everyone goofs up, and we need the company here on the Group W bench. But if something sad happens, such as a pet dying, by all means you can write a sad post.<br />
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Use photographs. If you're doing a boat project, show what you're working on. Before and After photos, pics of parts, etc. When cruising, photograph interesting sights along the way.<br />
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If you like a place or an event, say so. If you don't like it... well... use criticism sparingly. No one likes negativity.<br />
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That's all I can think of off the top of my head. It is what seemed to work for me. If you decide to write a cruising blog, let me know and I'll be your first subscriber. I'll buy a cubicle so I can read it properly.</div>
Dave Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00521055331641320893noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383484997934579087.post-19992036106445303562017-06-08T10:07:00.001-04:002017-06-08T10:07:22.164-04:00Drift Away the Book cont'd<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I have six years of blog entries. That's a lot of writing! Some of you have suggested that I turn the blog into a book. That would be a formidable task, but I found an online tool that will do it for me for $80. Well worth it, I think. So instead of my next book being about Sasquatch, I think it might be about Drift Away.<br />
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I don't know how many pages this book would be, but the blog has to be over 1,000. Ain't nobody got time for dat. So I need to whittle it down, a lot. What should the book cover?<br />
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My thought is to certainly cover the cruise down the east coast, and perhaps how we acquired the boat, and the funny boat projects. I would delete minor, dull boat projects and most of the "view from the bridge" photographs. I would include some of the high points of living aboard in marinas, such as Isle of Hope and Brunswick Landing, but omit the mundane stuff. My gut feeling is that anyone who buys this book wants a sense of adventure and what cruising is really like, not the boring stuff (not boring to me, but I lived it).<br /><br />I would include the novelties of the blog, such as victory beers and the Navi-Nut (patent pending) (Hi Kurt!), and a bit about what it is like to travel with large dogs.<br />
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Any ideas or suggestions? Should I omit the year from the dates? Or the dates entirely? Keep one blog entry per chapter and title it "the Drift Away Toilet Companion"?</div>
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