Hester's Head

First, let me thank those who voted for my blog. I first saw the link to it on bossdog's blog and then canucker PM'd me the link. I was just happy to see my blog on the list. I have to confess to be very pleased to have garnered the most votes. I'm glad people enjoy reading my blog, I certainly enjoy writing it. There are quite a few blogs that I enjoy reading. There are also some that I avoid. I enjoy the diary style blogs - bossdog, lily, dimoreien. Istanbul has a great blog - but it really struggled under Gus. I have to check out kitty's, canucker's, Subsandwich's as well. geek's showed promise but she didn't keep it up.
Thanks again for the votes and the kind words. I'll keep looking for bloggable incidents and writing. I hope you keep reading.


And I recently discovered that there is at least one other blogger here on HMCS Ottawa. LS Corrina Hipfner is a Marine Engineer on board and has been very studiously keeping her blog up to date. Marine engineers are still called "stokers" -though she no longer shovels coal. If you want more info (I know nothing of the stoker world), more insight and a different angle on being at sea, you can check out her blog at Around the World in 188 Days. I'm only halfway through her blog - her posts are as long as mine - but she has a very good story for the crossing the line ceremony and another good one for buying fake Rolex's in Dubai. I still have three months to catch up on. I hope you enjoy her blog.