Like fluid sculptures
A fine idea to describe a flotilla of sail boats, as liquid sculptures, and note too that passing flock of...
Sailing away on a summer day
Having built up a treasury of thousand of quotations, we recently concluded we have enough magical material to begin presenting...
The tide running with you and the sun out
How many times I've read about exploration, about getting in a boat or a ship and chancing it, and yet...
Caique-dwelling tom
Leigh Fermor's Mani has a fine selection of memorable cats. I liked this description of the limited gene pools of...
Two ancient long-haul boats
Lopez refers to some of the ancient boats that reached the Arctic from Europe, including the Irish carraughs and Norse...
Moments of ecstatic ease
Nicolson challenges our perceptions of people in the past, what they felt and what motivated them to embark on often...
Of boats and books
Another example of Steinbeck's search for a perfect writing spot, in different houses, places, times of his life, as described...
A sense of happiness in the light of spring
What a beautiful corrective lens for the 'nasty, short and brutish' view of distant human lives. I did not realise...
Spider-thin boats
What a delicate detail, to describe these boats on the Serpentine as 'spider-thin'. It makes me think of those hair-limbed...
Leadership as multi-tasking
You get to steer the ship because you can handle multiple tasks at once. Here, John demonstrates his leadership skills:...
It would have felt good
A persistent question when I read or think about the past, is 'how did they feel?'Â Â What was the tint...
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