Notes From The Dock

By J. V. Houlihan, Jr.

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  "It's been six months since I haven't had a boat." Ed McGovern

  By J. V. Houlihan, Jr. - May 16
  Ed McGovern and I talk about books, boats and our dogs; not necessarily in that order. When Ed and Champ Starr pulled into the stand-by lot today, ...
  
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  Kate Taylor's beads and guitars

  By J. V. Houlihan, Jr. - Apr 25
  Kate Taylor can sing like an angel, and speaks with a casual southern cadence. I told her once that her voice reminded me of a female version of ...
  

• Bob Dylan, like many baby-boomers, is navigating his direction home

  By J. V. Houlihan, Jr. - Apr 08
  Bob Dylan is still working, older actors I know are still working. The Rolling Stones, various baby-booomered demographiced bar bands and tribute ...
  
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  La Mariner V

  By J. V. Houlihan, Jr. - Mar 12
  Captain Louis Richard and his wife Carmen spent four days last week in Stonington, before attempting to head for the Cape Cod canal on Saturday(the...
  
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  No Direction Home

  By J. V. Houlihan, Jr. - Mar 03
  I965: An academic slowmotion train wreck, bad 'tude, bad habits, hated school, was told not to even bother going to high school by the beneficent ...
  
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  The Heathen Celtic Prince

  By J. V. Houlihan, Jr. - Feb 23
  So my boyo Martin, extended a courtesy call after the last ferry was tied up tonight; what a prince. "How's the weather lad," asks the Prince. ...
  
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  SV Celtic Legend

  By J. V. Houlihan, Jr. - Feb 06
  My younger brother and I have been messing around in boats since we were kids. As a young man, Pat was a quahoger up around Prudence Island in ...
  
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  Sailor earns his name

  By J. V. Houlihan, Jr. - Jan 31
  It was a dark and stormy night, when this picture was taken of the intrepid canine Tommy aka Sailor. When we adopted Tommy a year ago, we started ...
  

• Charming Martin Donovan is heading south

  By J. V. Houlihan, Jr. - Jan 18
  Martin "Mr. Sweetness" himself, is leaving for warmer climes soon. My boyo, will be leaving 22 ferry trips from today; but who's counting? Well, ...
  
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  Skye, Kintyre, and Lace

  By J. V. Houlihan, Jr. - Jan 09
  As I've stated before, my wife has a serious lace habit, which all started innocently enough, when she saw Kate Middleton's wedding dress at ...
  

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  Mayflower in drydock, Fairhaven, MA

  By J. V. Houlihan, Jr. - Apr 27
  In my Block Island Times' article, The fate of John Howland, island genealogist Peter Greenman, his wife Sandy, and myself came to the simple ...
  
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  Ataboy Bobby Dylan, Tony Garnier, Duke Robillard, et al.

  By J. V. Houlihan, Jr. - Apr 08
  Ya gotta love Bob Dylan and his band's willingness to keep throwing down the music without flinching. Nothing ever surprised me about Dylan's ...
  
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  Sailing with Ray Johnson

  By J. V. Houlihan, Jr. - Mar 18
  I've known Ray Johnson since our college years; I was at RIC, he went to P C. Ray was pretty good at basketball. Also, I surfed with his brother ...
  
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  Birthday Bucket

  By J. V. Houlihan, Jr. - Mar 09
  Phil and Kerry Murphy pulled in for the 4 o'clock ferry. Both were smiling. "I got my bucket, Joe," said Phil. Kerry wanted to get her husband a ...
  
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  Sailor's adoption update

  By J. V. Houlihan, Jr. - Mar 01
  A year ago today we adopted Sailor, and it was the best fit we could ask for, he made himself right at home upon entering the living room; he ...
  
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  Sunny Florida

  By J. V. Houlihan, Jr. - Feb 09
  In September '75, I left the ferry parking lot in the my rolling shanty and pointed south without having a clue of where I was going. I remember ...
  
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  Kindleman Sailorman, Matt Gineo

  By J. V. Houlihan, Jr. - Jan 31
  Matt Gineo can be seen wearing many hats in and around Newport Harbor. At the epicenter of Old Port Marine's office on Sayers' Wharf, you'll find ...
  

• "Mr. Houlihan, are you ready to push the  button and publish?" "Yes Pat, damn the torpedoes; full speed ahead."

  By J. V. Houlihan, Jr. - Jan 24
  It is no secret that I'm a G I T, aka, a Geezer-In-Training. I wear my 63 years on this planet like a loose suit. Whatever seems to work, I'll ...
  
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  Sky Rider, Cindy McDonald-Houlihan

  By J. V. Houlihan, Jr. - Jan 09
  Some guys drive their wives to shopping sprees at the Christmas Tree Shop or maybe an assortment of shops at any given mall. Or, they drive them ...
  

• A Blogservation from the author of, Notes From The Ferry Dock

  By J. V. Houlihan, Jr. - Jan 08
  At the end of my teaching career, I was hearing a snootful of cyberspeak from educators, writers and computer savvy people. Truth is, I loathed ...