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Conversation with a Sea Bird

There are times when you can take too much of Key West with you into the Gulf of Mexico. Key West is packed with much to do and has proved to be a necessary escape. The Southern Gulf is a good escape during...

2 comments    advice travel fun
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The Woman Under The Seven-Mile-Bridge Florida Keys

Ann-Marie Carter-O'Connor-Wilson lives a hyphenated life. The Captain and The Kid were exploring the water-side view of the under-side of the Seven Mile Bridge. The Seven Mile Bridge runs close to the water...

0 comments    fishing florida artist
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How to Read a Cat Scan

Diagnosis can result from collecting and processing data. A cat scan can be a valuable tool in assessing such data. The Captain was under the weather. Not sure what was wrong I stayed below decks late into...

0 comments    advice relationships cats
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The Gulf Stream When it Stopped Streaming

 Dip your toe, or your bow into the Gulf Stream and off you go to more places than you can reach just by looking out across this river of sea water. The current runs at about 5.6 mph, but its not the...

0 comments    travel florida kid
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The Best Chowder in the World

Everybody has the world's best, but when a Captain says so it is worth trying. Responding to a comment on a Sarasota hub this Captain wrote some few days ago, I noticed an AdSense ad for Captain Curt's...

0 comments    eating cooking restaurant
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Escapegetaway-Characters on Marathon-Florida Keys

The Captain and The Kid are still on Marathon. It seems Marathon is becoming more of a verb than a noun as we hang out here waiting on the weather. FFL from somewhere in town has not come back to the...

3 comments    stress relief kid characters
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Laundry at Marathon City Marina

We couldn't get out of Boot Key Harbor. This Captain wanted to head out because the Frustrated Father of Laundry (FFL) was due back with kids in tow and he wanted The Kid and me to be some kind of support...

0 comments    travel recreation stress relief
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Defragging a Good Heart

Q lives by initializing. Q has a very good heart, but has fragmentation problems. This Captain was trying to trace an electrical problem. It seems there is a short circuit, or loose wire somewhere. Electric...

0 comments    people florida oil
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The Woman Who Lives a Hyphenated Life Returns

The Captain was on deck reading "Tales of St. John & The Caribbean" when a slight thump against the starboard bow was followed by, "Ahoy!" I leaned over the rail to see Ann-Marie Carter-O'Connor-Wilson in...

0 comments    life friends woman
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The Uncommon in the Common

Being half crazy can be enviable. Sometimes it can be a protection from insanity, which is not the same as being half crazy, and it can be a protection from normalcy, in the collective, community sense of a...

0 comments    sports weather crazy
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