A QUICK WORD FROM JEFFERSON: If this page looks like your browser is broken, don't worry. It's called an RSS feed, and it's a tool that lets you take back control from the algorithms trying to control what you read. For a full explanation, check out the "About Following Me" article on my About page. Or you can cut and paste this URL here: https://creativityhacker.ca/nav/about/artifacts/2025-03-26_191111/ (Sorry, URL links aren't clickable inside RSS feeds.) https://creativityhacker.ca/tags/cottages/ Recent content in Cottages on Creativity Hacker Hugo en-us jeff@smithicus.com (Jefferson Smith) jeff@smithicus.com (Jefferson Smith) Sun, 14 Sep 2025 09:32:24 +0000 https://creativityhacker.ca/blogs/hearth/logs/2025-03-17_065728/ -blogs Mon, 17 Mar 2025 06:57:28 +0000jeff@smithicus.com (Jefferson Smith) https://creativityhacker.ca/blogs/hearth/logs/2025-03-17_065728/ <p>25 years ago, my dad bought a 16&rsquo; sailboat for the family cottage and, with no previous experience, taught himself how to sail it. Almost certainly on the spectrum, he spent every sunny day tinkering with his rigging and studying sailing physics, just to eke out a bit more speed. He&rsquo;d even go out on calm days to see if he could get it to move. So you can imagine how delighted he was when the cottagers on our lake decided to hold a regatta.</p>