Full-throated gusts of force 8 across the marina now — a couple of young guys helped us rig a second bow line, haul up against the wind, then adjust our stern lines and stern springs to keep us off the high, concrete jetty.
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An example of just how challenging Christmas can be, even when away from all the bloodshed in the world, is the latest update from Creed—‘CC’—O’Hanlon. I have mentioned CC and his gifted wife Given before. I hope they don’t mind me doing so again. They are talented people—with vast experience of the world. Important outliers and cultural disseminators of the world. Their perspective is unique.
In fact, only a few days ago I was admiring CC’s 35mm image taken on an Andersontown street in a Catholic area of Belfast in 1981. As CC himself pointed out, 1981 was the year Provisional IRA hunger-striker Bobby Sands died in custody in HM Prison Maze aged 27. A death I heard about from a young Moroccan while in North Africa, where until recently CC, Given, and their blue-hulled boat Wrack, had been moored. (Moored by the Moors.)
Their ageing boat has been a sanctuary and a burden for them, floating on a sea of uncertainty as they navigate a world offering few safe harbours. What expressive lives they lead, I am always thinking. Their work—writing and photography mostly—is important, and their lives no walk in the park even on dry land.
Some Christmas spirit correctives from our friend @lyst.bsky.social in his Letter From London, published yesterday via @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social. There are also five paragraphs on CC and Given — and within them, this generous assessment of the value our precarious, floating existence.
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"It’s hard to explain how we ended up here. Moving aboard was not a lifestyle choice but an act of quiet desperation."
A year or so ago, The Idler magazine asked me to write a piece for their ongoing series, How I Live. I'm still not sure myself...
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