Finishing the Hull

| April 16, 2007

The deck and bulwark planking having been finished to my satisfaction, I could finally turn to the hull exterior. First, though, I drilled and shaped the hole through which the rudder head would extend above the deck; the rudder itself had yet to be addressed by the kit instructions, but I found it in the […]

Feline Religion

| April 13, 2007

The only traces of religion I have been able to detect in Mycah revolve around her being fed and skritched. Her thrice-daily worship services consist of a hymn we all recognize — “Meow” — and the ritual “walking between the feet of the feeder,” invariably followed by receipt of food on a plate. When skritches […]