Author Archives: farleydoodle

I want all my friends and Facebook friends and even not-so-friendly friends to share this post. As treasurer of the Heron Habitat Helpers (HHH) here in Magnolia, we’re having a big party tomorrow in Commodore Park and later at the … Continue reading →

As some of you know, I spent a good chunk of the time between Labor Day and Thanksgiving Day exercising long-dormant brain cells while taking classes to get my Merchant Mariner Credentials. Well, all that hard work (and yes, it … Continue reading →

What will it take for Trumpsters to turn on their man? Will it take 20,000,000 people to lose their health insurance when Obamacare is repealed? What about the 750,000 Dreamers who came here illegally as kids? Will anyone say anything … Continue reading →

It has not been fun. Two weeks ago I had a major operation to install a bunch of rods and screws in my back to fuse the vertebrae L2-L5. The discs between the vertebrae were removed and replaced with spacers, … Continue reading →

What do they do with it now? Repeal Obamacare of course. Replace? That’s a different matter. Setting up a free market system of insurance to cover people with pre-existing conditions without a mandate of some kind sort and federal subsidies … Continue reading →

There is lots of weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth out there in liberal-land about Trump’s win. I’ve done my share too. In fact, I had to go to the dentist yesterday to fix a tooth I broke on … Continue reading →

Not much I’d say, but here’s my election forecast: Clinton will win by more than most of the pundits and analysts are projecting. One TV talking head made a good point when the panel was discussing Trump’s hidden vote. He … Continue reading →

When Ford replaced Nixon as President he said, “Our long national nightmare is over.” Next Tuesday, I don’t think we’ll be saying that. Along with every national election prediction organization (FiveThirtyEight, The Upshot, Princeton Election Consortium, Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball, … Continue reading →

Our next leg of our journey was from Tahsis (known for the Captain Ron docking maneuver) to Hot Springs Cove. It was a dreary day, and the winds were on our nose from the south, so we motored most of … Continue reading →

From Walter’s Cove, we wanted to go to Hot Springs Cove on the way to Tofino, but because we’d done so much motoring, we weren’t sure we’d have enough fuel to get to there. The closest fuel was in Tahsis … Continue reading →