A: As a school of thought, AquaDynology is the informal study (often conducted barefoot) of the science and philosophy of motion on the water. As a website, AquaDynology is simply my personal homage to sea kayaking and the waters I love; especially the upper Great Lakes. My intention with this humble little backwater of the web is to create the kind of place I wish I had discovered when I first began paddling, examining not only the all-too-common nuts-and-bolts aspects of sea kayaking, but also perhaps the transcendant and fleeting perceptions inspired by time spent on the water. AquaDynology is a labor of love for me, and I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I enjoy sharing it with you.
A: No. Mainly because no one cares what I had for lunch.
I'm really not very smart, but I have the good sense to know that I don't have something profoundly meaningful to say every single day. Or even mildly interesting. I try to add new and compelling articles, travelogues, and tech tips to AquaDynology every few weeks or so, and these will be prominently offered on the homepage. So do check there first for fresh stuff.
Rather than a blog, I suppose AquaDynology more closely resembles a 15th-century 'commonplace', which the eminently erudite Wikipedia describes as: "... essentially scrapbooks filled with items of every kind: medical recipes, quotes, letters, poems, tables of weights and measures, proverbs, prayers, legal formulas. Commonplaces were used by readers, writers, students, and humanists as an aid for remembering useful concepts or facts they had learned. Each commonplace book was unique to its creator's particular interests."
Were I ever to offer any prayers, legal formulas, or medical recipes (!), I'm sure only a fool would follow them. Nonetheless, feel free to poke around here in my AquaDynology 'commonplace.' And please check back every now and then; I'll mention new additions on the Home page as I make them, and I hope to offer a free mailing list soon.
Oh, and if you simply must know, I had tuna-fish on wheat toast.
A: My name is Jeffrey Lee, and I am either a very late Baby Boomer or a very early Gen-Xer, occupying that brief time span between plaid yellow golf slacks and barbed-wire lip rings.
Born, raised, and still living (crosses fingers) in the great American Upper Midwest, I am fortunate to reside within a few hours' drive of the two uppermost Great Lakes: Superior and Michigan. Combined, the two lakes comprise over four thousand miles of shoreline, host innumerable islands, and contain one-sixth of all the fresh water on the planet.
The 'inland sea' of Lake Superior in particular holds a special allure for me, and boasts a rich history both geological and human. Fortunately, much of Superior's shore has been preserved in the form of public lands, making it easy to visit and explore our national heritage. And to toss a kayak in.
I have been canoe-camping since a child, and avidly paddling kayaks for a few years now, on waters ranging from local rivers and lakes to multi-day backcountry trips on the Great Lakes. I would like to use the word 'seriously', but cannot do so with a straight face.
As the scope, difficulty, and distances of my paddling trips have increased, I feel I've grown as a kayaker in recent years. But every time I'm inclined to nominate myself for 'Intermediate Paddler' status, Mother Nature or the simple laws of physics conspire to take me down a notch, and I am now resigned to forever consider myself an enthusiastic student of the art.
Beyond that, I'm just some guy in the Internet ...
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