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Kicked out of port

12/26/2017

 
My wife and I got some bad news just before Christmas: Washington State is kicking us out of our dream life at the marina just outside Vancouver. No laws were broken, no rules violated, DNR just doesn’t want us here anymore (and they didn’t care much for my river pool). So after 18 years of being good stewards of Fisherman’s Slough and Caterpillar Island, picking up tons of trash and broken glass, assisting local law enforcement, rescuing more boaters than I can count, contributing to the arts, poetry and literary community, we are being de-ported, literally. Apparently in Washington State, no good deed goes unpunished.
This means we’ll be firing up Great Ambition’s engines and leaving for a welcoming port, and luckily, in the dead of winter, we found one near Scappoose, Oregon. I’ll have to give up my Booknook shifts, and without the Booknook, I have no inspiration to write the Booknook Blog, so my cute little blog will probably fade away.
I want to use my last post to say what an honor and a privilege it was to serve you, the people of my adopted home, Vancouver. I really love this town and I will miss it, and the library more than you can know. I’ve lived all over the world, from Australia to China, Munich to LA, but there is no place nicer than Vancouver USA.
I want to thank Nancy, Milton, Charles, Maureena, Paula, and all the Friends for the opportunity to contribute to our community. I also want to thank Jackie Spurlock for allowing me teach my YouTube and Getting Published classes and for being a friendly face at the library. And of course thank you to all the librarians and the security staff at Vancouver Community Library who keep our library safe.
Thank you all, it has been a pleasure. I shall miss you.
Dan P. Bullard


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