Oh yeah. The irony of it gets me. The silhouette of a bridge built in an Irish and German immigrant neighborhood after World War I. The image on the bottle is the Statue of Liberty parallel to the word AMERICA in red, white and blue. At a time when our country is in agony over the treatment of immigrant children AND our polluted waterways.
OK. Let me hop off my soapbox now
I had a chance to go out with Josh Shaffran this afternoon. A Kingston High School Varsity Crew graduate, now at Georgia Tech where he is apparently collecting all the rowing medals he can get his hands on! Because he is 19 he cannot take a shell out by himself. So he has to use the buddy system with another adult rower (21 and older) who is a member of the rowing club. If you want to be a member, like me and Carlos Perez, of his support team (after all we all want to have a Kingston alum go to the Olympics, don’t we?) please let me know. Generally he tries to practice in the afternoons.
Just a few of his rankings:
– Silver at Chattanooga Head Race in Novice Mens 8
– Gold at Chattanooga Head Race in Freshman Men’s 4
– Gold at Head of the South (HOTS) in Freshman Men’s 4
– Gold at SIRA in Lightweight Men’s 4
Very windy start to the lighthouse to watch the sunrise (always in memory of my sister Lyda Maria). Then on the way back I see a very cute visitor from the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum (says C.L. Churchill, Burlington, Vermont). Then noticed the Corning Glass barge is at the Hudson River Maritime Museum (which I hope to visit later this weekend). Then back on the Creek it rains and I notice how beautiful raindrops can be—no wonder there are songs about raindrops. But finally meet the man who rigged a small solar powered boat that runs on sunlight plus a battery. Says he was diagnosed with cancer two years ago and has done nothing but treat himself with natural remedies and loves to navigate these parts like I do—sustainably. Go Michael!
Today Peter Wetzler, award-winning composer, musician, music director AND recent co-winner of the City of Kingston Distinguished Artist Award, took a lesson on sculling in the Rondout Creek with me. A perfect slack tide was soooo wonderful.
the Rondout Rower 