Archive for 2005
Saturday, September 24th, 2005
Turkey Creek Community
Gulfport, Mississippi Saturday, September 24, 2005
The sky in the east begins to lighten.
The rhythm begins.
I slip out of bed, make my way to the front of the trailer, slip on my shoes and step outside. Still groggy, the early morning warmth and humidity wash ...
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Tuesday, September 20th, 2005
December 20, 2005
The
Bight
Bay
Norman
Island a.k.a. “
Treasure Island”
British Virgin Islands
“What?” I yelled. Steph’s words were garbled and I had a hard time hearing her over the shrieking wind through the rigging and the crashing, rapidly building waves. Asking “what?” also bought me a little time. I could tell ...
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Monday, August 29th, 2005
Please see the PDF document at:
http://www.hackneys.com/docs/DelMar.pdf
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Friday, July 15th, 2005
Please see the PDF document at:
http://www.hackneys.com/docs/review-board-02.pdf
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Monday, June 20th, 2005
We were approaching the area where the North Atlantic ocean floor rises up to meet the continental shelf, just South of the Grand Banks, which are even shallower. The geography of the sea floor and the meeting of the Labrador Current and the remnants of the
Gulf Stream create an upwelling ...
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Wednesday, June 15th, 2005
The sailboat’s compass glowed red in the 3 AM darkness. Quetzal, a late ‘80s Kaufman & Ladd 47 foot monohull, purpose built for the Bermuda race she had won, sliced through the
North Atlantic almost silently. The cloudy skies blotted out the blanket of stars in the moonless sky, but their ...
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Wednesday, May 25th, 2005
Please see the PDF document at:
http://www.hackneys.com/docs/the-old-tent.pdf
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Friday, January 7th, 2005
My father in law coaches girl’s basketball.
He’s done it ever since he started teaching after he retired from the Marines over 20 years ago.
He tried to sit out a season a few years back, but took the next assistant job offered to him during that year. He said he was ...
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