http://morveren.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ en Vox Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:15:43 -0700 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://morveren.vox.com/library/post/tlc.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Morveren) http://morveren.vox.com/library/post/tlc.html?_c=feed-rss http://morveren.vox.com/library/post/tlc.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:15:43 -0700 So now we've had our head-over-heels preliminary fling, sailing and sailing and sailing. . .and, after 2-1/2 + years, it's time to call a halt and be practical, to stop and give Miz Morveren the TLC she deserves. We hauled her on St. Paddy's day... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://morveren.vox.com/library/post/tlc.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252832ee8fdb011018476627860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://morveren.vox.com/library/post/the-dolphin-nursery.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Morveren) http://morveren.vox.com/library/post/the-dolphin-nursery.html?_c=feed-rss http://morveren.vox.com/library/post/the-dolphin-nursery.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:38:56 -0700 We anchored out Saturday night in Durham Creek--an out-of-the-way peaceful spot--where we grilled dinner while watching the spectacular light-show put on by sheet/heat lightning. Sunday morning, we cooked our usual leisurely farm-house breakfast... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://morveren.vox.com/library/post/the-dolphin-nursery.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252832ee8fdb0100a7f300b4000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> dolphins morveren http://morveren.vox.com/library/post/dipping-our-toes-the-intracoastal-waterway.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Morveren) http://morveren.vox.com/library/post/dipping-our-toes-the-intracoastal-waterway.html?_c=feed-rss http://morveren.vox.com/library/post/dipping-our-toes-the-intracoastal-waterway.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:16:05 -0700 "The Intracoastal Waterway" It had the ring of possible adventure, the exotic unknown--even a faint echo of The Yellow Brick Road--before I ever set foot on a boat. Then we bought a sailboat, and the ICW increasingly became territory to investi... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://morveren.vox.com/library/post/dipping-our-toes-the-intracoastal-waterway.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252832ee8fdb00e398b6115d0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://morveren.vox.com/library/post/about-washington-nc.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Morveren) http://morveren.vox.com/library/post/about-washington-nc.html?_c=feed-rss http://morveren.vox.com/library/post/about-washington-nc.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:57:15 -0700 Washington is our nearest "big town." First and foremost, it's simply low-key charming. There was a time, I'd guess, when it was a '"big town" without quotation marks: interesting old buildings downtown are marked, e.g., "Built by Haskell Suppl... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://morveren.vox.com/library/post/about-washington-nc.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252832ee8fdb00e398aa6eb10003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://morveren.vox.com/library/post/yet-another-boat.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Morveren) http://morveren.vox.com/library/post/yet-another-boat.html?_c=feed-rss http://morveren.vox.com/library/post/yet-another-boat.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 31 May 2007 16:22:29 -0700 We more or less slid Avecita, the dinghy (the "titmouse" [rodent + bird: toooooo perfect!]), under the radar without acknowledging she's Boat #2. But now we've got another, and it's time to `fess up: we've stepped up to three watercraft! So, our... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://morveren.vox.com/library/post/yet-another-boat.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252832ee8fdb00cd972f51344cd5?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://morveren.vox.com/library/post/the-basics.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Morveren) http://morveren.vox.com/library/post/the-basics.html?_c=feed-rss http://morveren.vox.com/library/post/the-basics.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:25:10 -0800 What I hadn't realized about sailing is. . ."the basics" are nowhere near basic. There's dynamics (aero/fluid/thermal) and topography and meterology and geography and cartography and oceanography and naval architecture and ergonomics and mechani... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://morveren.vox.com/library/post/the-basics.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252832ee8fdb00cdf7eaa0d6094f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://morveren.vox.com/library/post/the-beginning.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Morveren) http://morveren.vox.com/library/post/the-beginning.html?_c=feed-rss http://morveren.vox.com/library/post/the-beginning.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:20:53 -0800 So you want to own a sailboat? I didn't. The thought had never entered my mind. Then--June 2, 2006, email from Warren: "I'm thinking about renting a sailboat, and it requires a two-man crew." Although he has some actual experience, my backgro... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://morveren.vox.com/library/post/the-beginning.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252832ee8fdb00cdf7e93860094f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>