I Prefer to Think "It's a Passion"...

[Kathryn Klos]

My daughter sent me this as part of one of those "gang emails"...

Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested?

A. Obsession

 

[Benson Gray]

Joe Gledhill posted the attached spreadsheet with a broad range of canoe name suggestions on the old WCHA forums in November, 2004 if anyone is looking for some other ideas.

Benson

 

[Mark Adams]

I'm getting a courting canoe from Kevin Martin. It will be named the "Alma D" after my wife's favorite aunt, who is deceased. I have no idea what I will name the other one when I get it restored.

Mark

 

[Kathryn Klos]

honoring those who are gone...

We recently returned from a trip East to pick up two canoes. Both sellers were very gracious and patient, permitting us to wait until snow-season was over. A couple days ago, we learned that the fellow who sold us the green canoe in the attached picture passed away a week after we picked it up... so we're naming that canoe "Eddie".

Thanks, Eddie... your canoe is much appreciated.

Kathy

 

[garypete]

Final Task

One of my cedarstrips is named Final Task, a nod to Plato. He wrote that a man has four tasks to fulfill as he moves through Life: plant a tree, sire a son, build a house, and write a book. I trust that if he'd lived after 1700 and known the white cedar tree, he'd have added a final task—build a canoe.