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Mike & I live in Maine when we’re not working on the podcast from our aging trawler in San Pablo Bay, California. This journal tells the story behind the stories, and how at this late stage in our lives, we decided that a brand new chapter would be more fun than an epilogue. — Kate
breakfast on the Bay
Mike's son Nat is visiting from Alaska. He went to the farmer's market and is making breakfast. It was delicious.
4 days ago
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Under the radar no more
We interviewed Carl Nolte, legendary 90-year-old columnist for the SF Chronicle, to do a story on him and he turned the tables and did...
Jun 16, 2024
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Happy Day in San Pablo Harbor
Yard sale bounty! Mike and his son Nat (visiting from Alaska) unload the kayak and SUP board we scored at a neighborhood-wide garage sale...
Jun 1, 2024
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Counting cormorants
Mark Rauzon and Meredith Elliott on the Baykeeper boat yesterday, counting double-crested cormorants under the SF Oakland Bay Bridge....
May 18, 2024
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Old Boat Chronicles
Mike and Kate contemplate their lack of boat repair skills from dockside thrones, following their 7th trip to the marine hardware store....
Apr 1, 2024
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Nigel drops in again
...and within 5 minutes of arrival, is inside the engine room. He is figuring out our malfunctioning water system, a very welcome...
Mar 27, 2024
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Army engineers
We spent today with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Sausalito. First at the gigantic working hydraulic Bay Model, with Park Ranger...
Mar 19, 2024
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A Conspiracy of Beards
When you discover that your harbormaster, a former opera singer, has for 20 years been conducting a men's chorus called the Conspiracy of...
Mar 18, 2024
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OK life is getting a little better
Here's Mike trying out a donated SUP board this sunny Sunday morning. Also, we have running water as of last night. The salon carpet is...
Mar 17, 2024
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Drab cross country trip
No dog, no sun, no joy, no fun photos. Without Georgie, we discovered, all the joy leached out of our cross country trip. It was our 16th...
Mar 11, 2024
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Farewell, love
It kills me to write this, but we lost our darling Georgie today. She was 14. She began failing last Thursday, the day before we were to...
Mar 4, 2024
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Straddling the stupid gibble in transcription hell
"The photograph shows me on the very tip of the iceberg facing forward straddling stupid Gibble..." I recently opted for cheap...
Feb 22, 2024
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35 years of Baykeeper wins
Sejal's latest newsletter contains a fantastic timeline referencing some of Baykeeper's biggest success stories over the past 35 years....
Feb 14, 2024
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Crabbing with your neighbors
This is how Mike spent the day yesterday. Out the door at 6AM, back by 12:30, offshore 4-5 miles on a fast boat with seven guys under the...
Nov 22, 2023
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I SAID the boat is LISTING
Mike is still in New Orleans and we're heading into another new moon with big negative tides. Well, big for here. We're kind of the talk...
Nov 11, 2023
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The ghosts in our breakwater
Our breakwater is built out of sunken ships. It's a distinctive shape, like two crab pincers reaching into the water. The lefthand pincer...
Nov 10, 2023
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California bat ray
Big commotion the other night. Around midnight, our neighbor Chris heard loud splashing and thrashing just outside his boat. Thinking...
Nov 3, 2023
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Microphone hell
I noted earlier that we bought the high-end mics our friend Bernie Krause recommended. They're DPA 4060s, for those of you following...
Nov 2, 2023
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Oct 28, 2023
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