Tag Archives: Plug Nickel

What a Muslim taught them about Christmas

Posted on December 20, 2011 by hro50ta1

By JOTR staff Once upon a time, two Peace Corp volunteers were facing a lonely Christmas in the sub-Sahara. They were thousands of miles from family and friends. They had each other, true. But they would learn that they also … Continue reading →

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Plug in the Bay

Posted on April 18, 2011 by hro50ta1

Written by Joel Thurtell Photographs by Adam Thurtell I thought I had everything I’d need for the job — a 100-foot tow rope, lines for tying the boat to docks, my tool box and one of those compartmentalized plastic tackle … Continue reading →

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Plug Nickel and my little book machine

Posted on October 19, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Plug Nickel is back. In fact, the boat named “Plug Nickel” never went away. But since June 2005, my columns about my adventures with the wooden Lightning sailboat hull that eventually came to be christened “Plug Nickel” … Continue reading →

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Hardalee Press

Posted on September 27, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell People were wondering what I was doing all summer. Notes came in from readers chiding me for letting weeks go by without a post. Living in a place with no phone or Internet can make it hard … Continue reading →

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