Winter officially begins on December 21. It will end for me ten days later when I fly to Savannah as Carol and I decided over the weekend. Ten days is winter enough.
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Here is a link to a video of a New Zealander who did the annual Auckland to Bay of Islands race on a kiting foiler. I am still smiling and am about to watch it again.
I have often been in the Bay of Islands when that race ends. The video makes me homesick for a place that unfortunately is not my home.
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The above photo came from Steve Earley, but because he and Tom Head and the standing dog—do they never let the poor beast sit down?—are in it I don’t know who took it.
They look quite happy considering they have run aground.
It was probably the dog’s fault.