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Charles W. Morgan Undergoes Sea Trials | WNPR News

Posted on 9 June 2014 by matthannan

The video that I’ve been waiting for.
I can taste the salt of that water.

play at Mystic Seaport

via Charles W. Morgan Undergoes Sea Trials | WNPR News.

My sister was out on her yesterday. She said that the whale oil is still seeping out of the wood as the beams heated up.… Read the rest

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Review: Yeats’ Ireland: An Enchanted Vison

Posted on 7 June 2014 by matthannan

Yeats' Ireland: An Enchanted Vison
Yeats’ Ireland: An Enchanted Vison by W.B. Yeats
My rating: 0 of 5 stars

The poetry is quite good, obviously, but the prose surrounding it is, well, stiff and very old world British. Proper to a fault. I am enjoying the selection of paintings and drawings that accompany the work.… Read the rest

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Posted on 7 June 2014 by matthannan


Morgan under sail

The ship exceeded all expectations and performed wonderfully. She is faster than we thought she would be, she turns easier, and she handles really well. We could not be more pleased. There is no one alive today who has sailed one of these whaleships who can tell us how they perform, so we really learned a lot today.

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Calin found a bouncy house

Posted on 7 June 2014 by matthannan

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Charles W. Morgan gets underway 4

Posted on 7 June 2014 by matthannan

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CW Morgan to make a visit home to New Bedford

Posted on 4 June 2014 by matthannan

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Hiaku for Spring

Posted on 3 June 2014 by matthannan

June 3

Left home this morning,
Taking neither hat nor coat.
Winter is too long.… Read the rest

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First day of summer 2014

Posted on 2 June 2014 by matthannan

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Being Irish-American

Posted on 2 June 2014 by matthannan

I had a dream last night about a load of Irish-Americans that I have known over the course of my life being all gathered together for a Christmas party in a small town in County Cork. I wanted to think it was at a restaurant in my grandmother’s village, but no such restaurant exists there.… Read the rest

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Find A Grave

Posted on 1 June 2014 by matthannan


I started playing around with the FindAGrave app for iOS and noticed that there was a tiny burial ground (not even a cemetery) a short walk from my house. I also noticed that there was a photo request for one of the stones in that burial ground.… Read the rest

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