2021 Life Logs, Day 58: Editing Day
Date: Saturday, February 27, 2021
Weather: Overcast with Rain All Day; High 48, Low, 34 Degrees F
Location: At Home in The Cottage, East Falmouth, MA
How could it take an entire day to edit two chapters of a book? The answer is easy. Editing is no quick and easy job. I have completed seven chapters of The Voyage of Windbird and am almost finished with Chapter 8. But instead of finishing Chapter 8 today, I wanted to go back and edit Chapters 6 and 7. This was prompted by my conversation with Heather and Jed last night about their Christmas in the Caribbean aboard Windbird. That walk down memory lane brought up some details I wanted to add. Going back to do that led to additional editing and changes. And all of a sudden, it was dark outside. I did complete editing Chapters 6 and 7. I am sure I will be going back to edit over and over, but for now I am ready to finish up our time in Panama and move on to getting to the Galapagos. That will be Chapter 9.
Something Sam asked last night is why I say k?-RIB-ee-?n with the stress on the second syllable instead of ker-i-BEE-uhn with the stress on the third syllable. Good question. These are the two most prevalent pronunciations of “Caribbean” outside the region, but evidently most islanders side with Sam and say ker-i-BEE-uhn. I seem to go back and forth between the two, depending on how I am using the word, but use k?-RIB-ee-?n most of the time. Sam’s choice is also the choice of most dictionaries. I love kids that question everything. It can be frustrating, but they keep us on our toes. I caved tonight and watch the 2003 Pirates of the Caribbean movie. I truly enjoyed finally seeing the set we explored in the St. Vincent anchorage of Wallilabou. Most of the ‘Port Royal’ scenes in the movie that were shot on the Wallilabou set were seen in the beginning of the movie. Much of the rest of the movie took place on two different ships, in a cave, plus in the small town set which was filmed north of Wallilabou at Chateaubelair. That set was disassembled after the shooting of the movie was completed, but the Wallilabou set was left in place.
During editing today, I checked in with Alan Kanegsberg a couple of times to get his opinion on some things I had written. And I contacted Dave Laux who installed our new engine in the Chesapeake at the beginning of the trip on something I had written about a battery issue we had in the Caribbean. He and his wife Donna got back to me immediately and it was so good to hear from them. They still read my blog every day, so they know what I am up to. So Donna sent some details about their lives that I enjoyed reading. She updated me on what their son and daughter and their families are doing. She also said that they still keep their sailboat on the northern shore of Lake Huron in Canada as they have for years. Unfortunately, that meant they could not go sailing last summer due to travel restrictions and they aren’t sure about this summer. And in typical style, Dave had a recommendation about my water heater issue. Thanks to Dave. And thanks to Alan for his technical editing support.
While doing all of the above, I have been burbling a batch of my magic chicken mineral broth. It is time to strain the broth and put it on the back porch for the night. I’ll have to go to Heather and Jed’s to get enough jars to can it tomorrow.
