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Yes, I Talk to Myself

July 1, 2001

I know exactly when it started, and why. more

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High School Parents' Row

May 1, 2001

Days, weeks, years, will pass, but now we share a bond that no distance of time can break. more

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Expectations

April 3, 2001

There is an unsurpassed joy in the quiet of the evening, where the setting sun adds soft colours to the landscape and one can appreciate the unassuming beauty of the sport. more

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Night River

March 1, 2001

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Persistence

February 14, 2001

It has been a little over a year since I started this odyssey; the river is clear and open now, and I take solace in the calmness and softness of its contours in the early morning. more

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Moonlit Row; and A Riddle

February 1, 2001

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Traveling? Pack The Rowing Trou

January 1, 2001

We were going to be in Hamburg, Germany visiting friends this past August and so I thought, I wonder if there's a rowing club in Hamburg. more

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Ode to the River

December 10, 2000

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The Portland Party Barge

December 1, 2000

On the evening of Tuesday, December 12th, 2000, a group of hearty rowers in Portland, Oregon embarked on the first (maybe annual) Holiday Rowing Excursion. more

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Expectations

November 1, 2000

The racing season is over, for me at least, and to be honest, I am relieved. more

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I-Lan Photo Album

September 15, 2000

The US National Team LW4x at the I-Lan Invitational Regatta, Tung-Shan River, Taiwan more

Open Water Rowing
Not Your Everday Flatwater Regatta

September 10, 2000

My doubles partner Ellen had never been around the Golden Gate Bridge South Tower before. more

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Lake Merritt Diary

August 25, 2000

This year's Masters Nationals Regatta on Lake Merritt drew more than 1,100 competitors, for four days of racing, and the US Women's Olympic Eight put on exhibition rows on the Saturday and Sunday of finals. more

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Is It a World Record?

August 25, 2000

I'm rowing with the lightweight program at the West Side Rowing Club in Buffalo, New York this summer and our 8 pulled off quite a feat today that I just must share with the world. more

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Beginner's 2k

August 20, 2000

For nine months I had been filming a documentary on American women rowers training for the Olympics. In July I was sent a shiny new ERG in the mail so that I could film it in a studio. more

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So, What's it Like to Row 115 Miles?

July 18, 2000

The CPR (Corvallis-to-Portland Row), by Ted Katauskas more

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Single Sculling as Mirror

July 15, 2000

Rowing may be described as a sensual sport... by that I mean you are utilizing every sense you have to power your shell through the water. more

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Hunger

May 18, 2000

I never complain about a hard practice, after it's done. You get what you get when you dance with the water and chance the elements. more

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Redemption

May 1, 2000

Paul Theroux recently said that the Phoenicians believed every day spent on the water was a day not subtracted from the end of your life. more