In Patagonia Day 26
In Patagonia Day 26 Chilean coast on The Eden Early on in Moby-Dick, Ishmael is speaking with Peleg and Bildad about shipping on the Pequod. After some slapstick humor about Ishmael’s time in the “marchant service,” Peleg asks him to go aft and tell him what he sees. As I recall Ishmael’s answer is just […]
In Patagonia Day 25
In Patagonia Day 25 Chilean coast on The Eden At some point in the night, The Eden dropped cargo at Port Eden, the only human habitation of this long route. The village of 60 souls doesn’t have a proper pier, so transfer of goods and people is done by lowering the stern ramp (where the […]
In Patagonia Day 24
In Patagonia Day 24 Puerto Natalas—somewhere along Chilean coast on The Eden I recall reading many narratives when I was young where the wanderer boarded a tramp steamer, heading off to adventures unknown. I would always picture a rusty steel hulk with a shady captain and crew trafficking in illicit goods. When not so suspicious, […]
In Patagonia Day 22-23
In Patagonia Days 22-3 Puerto Natalas Puerto Natales, a town with a cemetery where the mausoleums have aluminum storm doors, and the people (living) even in late summer bundle in winter coats, all wandering about looking like puffy hand-grenades. I spent the first 18 years of my life in Woodstock, Virginia, with a population then […]