HAWSEPIPER: The Longest Climb

Mr Bobby is now the seniormost citizen among our afloat staff. He's in his mid 70's, and is the Able-Bodied Seaman aboard one of our...

 I picked up some kind of bug. Feeling crappy.

One of my good friends during the college years was Susanne, a German immigrant who came to Boston and lived in the next town over. We were ...

Well, we weathered another nor'easter here at HAWSEPIPER's Afloat Global HQ/ Ice Station Zebra. That's #4 for late winter/early ...

     I get to ease into my first watch at work, at least.      I've got about 2 hours before we leave for our loading port and pick u...

That was about the busiest two weeks I've had in the past 10 years.  I'm pretty beat.      I spent a too-fast 6 days at home and...

After a VERY busy month, the storm last week threw a kink in our routine... things have been a little more quiet here on the HQ, and that ha...