Beginnings Stories

Since this story is my way of introducing myself, perhaps I should start with where I am now in life. I'm now 54 years old, in good shape, and pretty comfortable with my life. I'm married with two kids that are both in college, wondering what to do with their lives and going through the angst of transitioning from child to adult that we all go through. With the house to ourselves my wife and I are enjoying a level of phys...

BB was on his way yet again, another week at sea with the other ten members of the crew.   They hadn’t met up yet, most waiting till the last possible minute to climb aboard for what had to be the most physically demanding job on earth.   Crabbing wasn’t an art, though the captain would like to glorify it and say “there’s magic in them boxes boys…haul ‘em up, get ‘em emptied and toss ‘em back to the sea…” he could hear it...