Freediving Product Review: Darkfin Gloves

Posted by on Jan 15, 2013 Awhile back Will Trubridge posted on Facebook – asking if anybody had tried these gloves. I checked the link and decided to pick up a pair. My idea was that they would be quite helpful for minimizing perceived movement, when trying to get close to wary underwater critters, for photography or spearfishing. I’ve been well-pleased with their performance. Darkfin gloves are force...
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On The Nature of Evil

Posted by on Oct 30, 2012 I know what evil is. I even got a picture of it. Evil is a drywall screw in a garbage disposal. Dress it up anyway you like. Paint it Ochre and write Om on it. Shine it to perfection. Question it’s necessity. Renounce your attachment to it. Call it a composter. Make yourself feel better. It still ain’t gonna spin right till you get the screw...
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Once more unto the beach

Posted by on Oct 3, 2012 Calm morning. A few fisherman returning to harbor. The water is an inviting 60f, the air a bit warmer. The smooth water, (perhaps a full foot lower than the last time I was in) and calm, open sky invoke a sense of peace, space and freedom. I walk out on a newly formed sandbar and look at the tracks of various early morning denizens. Geese, ducks, raccoons, skunks, possums, Great Blue Heron,...
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Between Labor Day Weekend

Posted by on Sep 2, 2012 I first noticed it Friday at the boat launch. People were edgy. “Not many more days like this..” I heard, ominously; the voice running a little high and tight. This is it: Labor Day Weekend. Its Sunday Morning and my approach is both strategic and tactical. I am up early. My plan: dive the pipeline and adjacent open areas. Test out my new mask and snorkel; maybe get some...
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Omer Zero3 Freediving Mask Review

Posted by on Sep 1, 2012 Took the Zero3 and Slalom snorkel out for spin in the bay. Here are my findings. First – you’ll notice it’s fogged – well I forgot to give it the toothbrush treatment. What I did do was grab some aquatic plants off the bottom and smear them around on the lenses – this actually worked well enough to continue the dive. Quality Not an issue. Lens attachment is...
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The Drums of August

Posted by on Aug 21, 2012 They’re around other times, but August is when I encounter them most. They wander the plains of the great lakes in herds, like buffalo, grazing along the bottom. They’ve got special gear for grinding up hard stuff; Zebra Mussels, Crayfish and the like. Freshwater Drum are beautiful fish – with refined features and wonderful fins. Their eyes sometimes look almost like they...
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Gar Love

Posted by on Aug 18, 2012 Waves move through me as I float a few hundred yards out in West Bay; breathing toward the next dive. Shadows shift between the rays of light; seeming to expand and slow. A bright object appears in my peripheral vision; a leaf maybe, or a small stick. But it is moving, deliberately… In that moment when you first sense the presence of another, alien, awareness – and that you are...
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A Lawn Was Mowed

Posted by on Sep 8, 2011 Nice weather A new serpentine belt new blades and an oil change.
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White Vinegar

Posted by on Jun 8, 2011 I went over there today against the advice of everybody
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Carpenter Pencils

Posted by on Apr 11, 2011 Some Place They make these pencils.
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First Dive Under Ice

Posted by on Mar 8, 2011 Saturday I went down to the local Scuba Shop to buy some of the 1lb weights they had a pile of. I’m pretty darned happy about these weights – they do not flare out during monofin acceleration like my two pound weights and they have about half the profile. I got into a conversation with Jack – the former owner of the shop, who still works there. He invited me to join a bunch of...
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a woman

Posted by on Dec 30, 2010 I've seen her sitting in a chair in her house
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