Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Hilton Head Island: GANNET’s new home; an odd life; and two poems

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After a week of almost constant gale warnings, though as usual there was not that much wind on this side of the island, Monday morning was c...
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Friday, March 27, 2026

Hilton Head Island: Narelle again; sextants; an impressive weather app; three poems about men and women

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  As noted in a comment to the previous post about cyclone Narelle, the storm has tracked all the way across Australia and then turned south...
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Monday, March 23, 2026

Hilton Head Island: boat house or house boat; reacalibrating

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In searching for photos for GANNET 6 I came across this appealing structure.  I did not take it and don't know its source.  Perhaps some...
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Thursday, March 19, 2026

Hilton Head Island: Category Five; obsolete; finished (for now); some poems

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  Each morning I check the Earth Wind Map  https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=132.13,-30.00,1002 and this...
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Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Hilton Head Island: frozen not chopped; leaves

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  On Monday I biked five miles to my regular six month skin cancer appointment.  The marsh is having a period of perfect weather and the rid...
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Thursday, March 5, 2026

Hilton Head Island: martini with heron; and three poems

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  Some people have their martinis with olives or a bit of lemon peel, the last few evenings we have had ours with a Great Blue Heron who sit...
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Sunday, March 1, 2026

Hilton Head Island: prescient

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Sixty-five years ago a brilliant nineteen year old college sophomore wrote a paper with the deliberately provocative title, ‘The Peasant Cla...
Friday, February 27, 2026

Hilton Head Island: sunset at Mallory Square

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  While looking for a particular photo of GANNET for GANNET 6 I came across the above.  I liked it but for a while I couldn’t figure out wha...
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Sunday, February 22, 2026

Hilton Head Island: a beautiful bird; drinks on deck; three poems

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  I thank Roger for permission to share the excellent photo of my favorite bird, which he captured during a recent trip he and his wife took...
Sunday, February 15, 2026

Hilton Head Island: Steve Earley’s two favorite boats

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Mine too. GANNET and SPARTINA.  GANNET is the big one. Photographs by Steve Earley.
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