Monthly Archives: July 2011

Fishing’s Good on Bill’s Barge

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Jack Elliott

An advertisement from the Carpinteria Herald in 1927.

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Halibut

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Jack Elliott

I had been throwing my line for sometime on the rising tide at a favorite zone when a guy trudged down the beach and set up just down from me. The interloper effectively reduced my fishing grounds by half, as … Continue reading →

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Cefalu, Sicily, Italy

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Jack Elliott

A view of Cefalu from this morning relayed back to Headquarters by family living on Sicily. (Map and History of Cefalu)

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Peculiar to the Pattern

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Jack Elliott

“A man must consider what a rich realm he abdicates when he becomes a conformist.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1839) The conformity of it all is satisfying and comforting, but something is lost. It’s group think manifest in cookie cutter conformity … Continue reading →

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Pine Mountain Lodge Camp

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Jack Elliott

Last November I set off in late afternoon on the punishing climb up the Gene Marshall Trail from the Piedra Blanca trailhead to the top of Pine Mountain and the camp near the old Pine Mountain Lodge site . Don’t … Continue reading →