The Story-Reading Ape has been kind enough to publish an(other) article on his blog – some of the process of licking the Cardinal into shape. đ
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Writers should be banned from living on boats (because they wonât stop wobbling on about it)! Let me wobble on some more.
I love my boat. I loved it right from the start. However, like most of the loves of my life, I soon realised that it could benefit from a visit to a barberâs shop, the devotions of a decent tailor and some sort of obedience training.
Chief among the items screaming for attention was the boatâs name, âMooreaâ. Doubtless the previous owners loved it. I did not. Moâorea is a South Pacific island, part of French Polynesiaâs Society Islands archipelago. It is known for its hairy turtle-crabs that crawl up the beach and lay fried-eggs sideways in the tops of palm trees once a century, or something. Anyway, someone had not only hand-painted Moorea on both sides of my beloved boat but had also added some smudges thatâŚ
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