Not many choices for me in this weather. For protection and warmth, it's always the Stratton. I had already taken off my coat when my Wife said "I need a picture!"
Agreed. JMHO, but I think the automobile gets a lot of the credit, along with the shift from outdoor labor on farms to indoor labor in factories and offices. By the nineteen sixties, hats were less practical protection than inconvenient fashion accessories. Another casualty, I think, was the...
The only real fight I ever had with my wife was over that moron after one of his concerts. She insisted he was hilarious. I didn't think he was funny at all. She got so mad at me for that she walked home.
My parents generation. My male teachers in high school were like that too. Unbelieveable in the 21st century perhaps, but true. They grew up in the great depression and fought in WWII. Their parents and teachers were raised by people who had experienced the civil war, westward expansion of the...
Checking on Lealea in the snow. Looks like the Stratton will be my go-to hat this winter. It's definitely the warmest I have without going to a fleece cap with earflaps.
Population of the town of Petersburg in the thirties was between 1200 and 1300. Today, the population of the Petersburg Borough, which includes all of Mitkof Island plus parts of Kupreanof and Kuiu islands, is around 3000. Population of the town proper is probably under 2000 (Especially in the...
We found this place by accident, looking for a place to winter over after sailing up from Hawaii in 2012. We fully expected to stay only one winter but we are now going into #6 and rebuilding the boat.
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