HAWSEPIPER: The Longest Climb

An odd thing.    Today we're loaded deep, alongside a really gaudily painted cruise ship. Graffiti-style hull murals for some tacky reas...

 My partner B came in on time by Wednesday and it was good to have him back on the HQ. The new guy was wearing thin. Not a bad guy at all, j...

 Yesterday I was so free at work that I made marinated mushrooms and 2 jars of dill pickles.       We're experiencing a lull in demand f...

 Oof, what a week. For everyone else. Me? I'm doing fine. Oh, I was feeling put-upon earlier, but... perspective arrives and I need to b...

 Dammit, I jinxed myself.   We had a guy elsewhere who had a health emergency, and Big E has to get off here tomorrow for the last week of h...

 It's been good to gwt back into the routine. I didn't mind the chaos of my time home but the weather's been decent here, the wo...

 Well, travel day today. I'm at my local airport, waiting to board my plane.   It's been busy. So busy in fact, odds are I'll ac...