To Steven Carroll

In celebration of the joyful life of
Steven Carroll
1962 – 1995
He enjoyed the view

Inscription on the brass plaque on the bench located at the intersection of Cobble Road and Cobble Lane, facing northeast, near Kent, Connecticut.

Hudson River Tugboat Race

The Great North River Tugboat Race and Competition
(The earlier name for the Hudson River was the North River.)

Sunday 31 August 2008 - 9.00 to 2.00
Pier 84 (West 44th Street and the Hudson River).

9.30 - Tugs gather near Pier 84. Spectator Boat departs Pier 83
10.00 - Parade of tugs from Pier 84 to the start line near the 79th Street Boat Basin.
11.00 - Race starts.
11.30 - Nose to nose pushing contests and line toss competition.
12.00- Tugs tie up to Pier 84 for lunch and awards ceremony.
12.00 to 1.00 - Special spectator contests
1.00- Awards ceremony.
2.00 - Tugs depart.

The best place to view the start is Pier I, near 72nd Street in Riverside Park South. The best place to view the middle of the race is Clinton Cove, 55th Street and Hudson River.

Metro North trains for Grand Central Terminal depart Poughkeepsie beginning at 4.33am, and arriving GST about an hour and 50 minutes later.

TJ's Fortification

Sunday 10 August 2008

"...Perfect happiness, I believe, was never intended by the Deity to be the lot of one of his creatures in this world…The most fortunate of us, in our journey through life, frequently meet with calamities and misfortunes which may greatly afflict us; and, to fortify our minds against the attacks of these calamities and misfortunes should be one of the principal studies and endeavors of our lives…If I am to meet with a disappointment, the sooner I know it, the more of life I shall have to wear it off…”.

Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to John Page, Virginia politician and close friend; July 15, 1763.