I hope no one reads this post as “kiss and tell” but I had the pleasure last night of gathering in the flesh with a small group of sixth boro bloggers. We all exist in multiple communities based on kin, work, geography, futures, and the list could go on; advances in telecommuniputing allow such new forms of gathering as “social networking,” which ushers in new dynamics of face-to-face gathering. Few of us had met before last night, but we coalesced around our various modes of interacting with the river named for Henry.
Ear Inn seemed an apt location, as the west end of its foundation once marked the bank of our river, now at least 500 feet away. Yes, our river.
Bloggers below include bowsprite, towmasters, sexinthepublicsquare, and frogma;
messing about in sailboats, peconic puffin Michael and peconic windsurfer Jeff;
A moveable bridge Brian and Karen and a washed-out-not-washed-up tugster.
Other bloggers represented but (sorry, guys… did anyone get good fotos?) were summittoshore and controlgeek.
Although I know this analogy crumbles a bit, the gathering reminded me of a band, an orchestra like Hungry March Band: a diverse lot all modulating the same air (and water) and creating something with beauty and meaning (at least to some of us) and interacting with each other in ways that provide communication and deeper understanding among us.
Our waterblogggergathering I hope serves as a prototype; soon we should gather again in a larger space. I propose a picnic on a piece of the riverbank that would allow for us to commune both on the dry and in the wet, of course, of the six boro.
Waterbloggers unite . . . we have much to gain.
Here’s Michael’s take on the evening . . . and Bonnie’s with a flickr link.
Images, WVD.
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February 28, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Michael
Thoroughly enjoyed meeting you last night, Will, and hope to get together again.
A minor point on the “Puffins”…while Jeff is a regularly recurring character in my blog, the source of most of the photos on the site, and in fact a “Puffin” (part of the crew) he is also a windsurfing blogger in his own right, with Peconic Windsurfer. Two Peconic windsurfing blogs may seem like a lot, but down in the Outer Banks of North Carolina they have four windsurfing bloggers.
Water inspires.
P.S. Thanks for sharing your photos…I borrowed a few for my related post.
March 1, 2009 at 9:03 am
Turinas
Sign me up!
March 1, 2009 at 12:48 pm
naveganteglenan
Hi tugster. I’am very sorry for having missed the waterbloggers gathering last sutarday 😦 May next time 🙂
March 1, 2009 at 11:49 pm
John Edward Harris
Great to meet you. I like the idea of a picnic near the waterfront.
March 2, 2009 at 10:25 am
Buck
Loved this recap. Especially appreciated the musical beginning and end. Were shanties sung?
March 2, 2009 at 11:25 am
Peter A. Mello
Wow, makes me wish I still lived in NYC and could have been part of it. What a super maritime community! Keep up the great work reporting about our rich maritime culture.
March 2, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Mage Bailey
Oh, what a wonderful community. 🙂
March 3, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Soundbounder
I am sorry I missed it. It looks like a good time was had by all.
I appreciate being invited, but it just wasn’t in the cards.
Hopefully next time!!!