What a neat website, Brett. Thanks for the link!

I'd love to see your dad's maker's mark, btw. That's so kewl they got tattoos of it!

I am reading a book, Tales of a Woman Nomad, which brought you to mind, mostly because the woman who wrote it lives in the native cultures wherever she goes and it reminds me of you and your boat-building, sailing, and singing, etc. with the Chammoro. And, it got me to wondering, is their society patriarchal, matriarchal, or more of an equal balance between the sexes? She was writing of living in Bali for eight years and it was the subservience of women which she finally could not make peace with, so she left.

Hope this finds you and Wakana doing well and not over-busy with studies, etc.

ATB,

kat