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I’m not sure how I will work it out yet, but I’ve been asked to help
bring a boat down from Anacortes in May! Another passage down the
coast!
More details friday after I meet with the folks for dinner…

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So I was supposed to take my boat out Sunday afternoon. I decided to
replace the filters, change the oil, etc. the night before. I’m
tearing apart the cover over the engine, replacing filters and such,
when I notice my raw water intake hose. The piece of wood that holds
the hose away from the [...]

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I had some reading to do for class tonight, so instead of sitting at home and reading all afternoon I decided to hike Oak Island. Here are a few pictures to make all of you jealous. Sauvie Island really is the most beautiful place I know!

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Many of you noticed that there were no updates this weekend. It was busy, but great! So here’s an update:
Friday night I attended the Bruce Schwab get together at Portland State with Jeese (more about her later), neighbor Kris, and his girlfriend Wilderness. We ran into several sailing buddies down there and [...]

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I might be slow, but I’m always trying to make the changes I like here at Jctownsley.com. A couple new ones today. A new Theme, random-image it is called. You’ll notice the image at top changes everytime you hit refresh. Hopefully I’ll get some new images in the cache soon.
Also, you can now [...]

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An email from my Step-Aunt today:
To all of my friends and family,
The Today show has been running a series “Live for TODAY”, requesting viewers to log on to their web site to say what you would do before you die. The first day the web site was open, I submitted the information below [...]

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Many dreams last night, but one stood out. I was at a wedding,
presumably Erica’s, as I am playing guitar at her wedding this summer.
The groom was late for some reason, so the musicians were asked to
improvise. Somehow I ended up on a trumpet and we were playing some
jazz. It’s been years since [...]

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Here is the essay/letter I am submitting for the Sauvie Island Grange Scholarship. Not the greatest, but not bad either…
Grange Scholarship Committee:
Thank you for the opportunity to apply for the Sauvie Island Grange Scholarship. Over the last few years I have had the honor of getting to know many of Grange members through my [...]

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A new book I received from my brother Saturday. Looks like it just
came out in the last month or so.
Fair Wind & Plenty of it : A Modern-Day Tall Ship Adventure
by Rigel Crockett
A very quick read, as I probably only spent 5 hours or so on its 400
pages. It is the nonfiction tale of [...]

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To answer my sister’s question in her comment, the head (bathroom) is
going through some kind of a refit. I started by just doing a deep
cleaning, but quite a bit of paint was flaking off the walls. So then
I decided I would scrap all of it off and repaint. It is almost ready
for [...]

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I was going to take the time tonight and write a long update. But I
really don’t need to, since most of you that read this talk to me
almost daily anyway.
Alas, it was a long weekend. Friday I worked a jack-hammer all day.
Well, except for the couple hours it wasn’t working, then I was [...]

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It is late, and I really should go to bed since I have class all day
tomorrow. I’ve spent the last two hours researching summer term at
PSU. I’ve outlined everything so I can take 40 credits without
breaking a sweat. The most classes I would have at one time are three!
However, I [...]

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The reason it was so long of a day… Didn’t go to sleep last night
until 2am. At 5am we got called out to a barn fire on Corneilus Pass.
10 Portland rigs or so, 2 TVF&R rigs, and Shawn and I in the water
tender. Got back to the boat around 7 I think, [...]

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A busy day, but a productive one. Got the Martin guitar in the mail.
It is now on its way to Germany. Ordered the new Seagull Peppino D’
Agostino! Spent all afternoon going through the voter rolls for Sauvie
Island and creating our “Adopt-A-Voter” project. Got everything
created with five minutes to spare before our [...]

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An interesting day it was. An unanticipated guest on the dock this
morning, and a great show this evening.
Woke up early, decided to stay in bed and watch a movie though. When I
finally went outside the boat around 11am, I stuck my head out to find
a Sheriff in my face! Quickly running the [...]

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