From Wence I Come & Once Upon a Time

April 27, 2008 Once upon a time I was a small lad, child of a military family, by the time

I was 13 I could drive/direct by memory the semiannual family trek, from Fort Sill Oklahoma

to Massachuestts and New Jersey. We Spent 4 or five summers in a row on the Jersey beach

between two large boardwalks. Rafting waves, soaking in the sun, first crush and she was

from Holland so international HMmmm; any way I regress to much. The New Jersey shore shaped

my inner being and defined what was and is still to this day, my perception of utopia. Its

not New Jersey, but it is the inner harmony of the senses, the mood and the lack of

mortality that accompanied my youth for several years; The hypnotic pounding of large slow

curlers, the certainy of the tides, the smells and sounds, all of this, absolutely all of it

while wrapped in the comforting warmth of the summer sun as I lay in the sand, anyone who

spent any time on a beach knows that place I talk about, the half dream half awake trance

that is true bliss. Time like a Salvador Dahli painting difted contentedly from one moment

to another. Nervana was made complete the first time I experinced the thrill of huge mile

long schools of 15 to 20 pound bluefish as they came ashoure using the shore to heard and

feast on schools of baitfish. I spent many afternoons fishing for fluke on partyboats. Once

my neighbor friend and I got an "ofical" certificate for catching more fishthe the entire

rest of the 20 people. I was hooked.
Two or three times a year the men of my father's family would go out with the Yankee fleet

in Glouscter Mass. I remember filling up a burlap sack each with large cod, hadick and even

halibut but by 1981 you would be lucky if 4 of you could get half a bag of fish. Lets get to

today and I'll fill in many empty spaces as we go on.
Today I decide to keep this blog/diary. I do so to provide an outlet for my slightly

obsessive personality, you know; the don't do anything halfway mentality and since I have no

ocean nearby this will be the focus of my energies.
I will lay out my master plan I mean plans.

Short peek at the current future inconclusive semiflexable goals:

1. Mid May 2008 Monterey, CA area Rockfish.
2. End May 2008 till visibility makes it pointless for freediving Freediving with scuba club at Quarry. Keep fingers crossed.
3. Summer 2008, Start construction of custom float.
4. August/Sept 2008 Wiscosin Speros/ Whopper Head??
5. September 2008 Watch Hill RI area for Strippers.
6. Spring 2009 carp hunt with Whopper Head crowd??
7. May 2009 tournement in Florida hopefully.
8. 2009 Apply for work related international trip and stay a couple extra days for spearing??
9. spring 2009 organize Iowa spero club.
10. summer - fall 2009 Wisconsin gang?
11. Fall 2009 open??
12. 2011 Nicuragra.