27 Monday Feb 2012
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beachcombing, Clint Buffington, how to open a message in a bottle, message in a bottle, S.O.S., terrorist
We’ve had several beautiful days here in Lexington recently, and there’s nothing that makes me eager for adventure like a sunny day.
So…
The message started out looking like this:
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02 Thursday Feb 2012
Posted in Adventure, archives of the sea, Friendship, message in a bottle, Mystery Message
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beachcombing, Clint Buffington, Flaschenpost, Gripsholm, message in a bottle, mystery message, Saga Cruises, Saga fjord, Sagafjord, thanks internet, Vista Fjord, Vistafjord
I found this message in a bottle in May of 2007:
Cryptic, isn’t it? No date, no contact information.
27 Saturday Aug 2011
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adventure, Art, art in a bottle, artist, beachcombing, Clint Buffington, cruise, Inspiration, John Piper, mesage in a bottle, plastic bottle, romance, travel
Three pencil sketches in a bottle I found washed ashore in the Caribbean in 2008.
That night, after my mom had taken the drawings out of the bottle, we passed them around, speculating. Was this the work of a famous artist we weren’t familiar with? Did we hold priceless treasure in our hands, the flippant gesture of an artist bored at sea? What was this?!
I emailed John the very night I got home.
Dear Mr. Piper,
We are strangers to each other, or were, but you should know this: I found your pencil sketches—the ones you put in a big plastic bottle and tossed in the sea!
Two hour later, he wrote back to me!
What an amazing thing to happen. It has been drifting around since November 2006! When I threw it over the side of P & O cruise ship Oceana, (but then you might know that already, I can’t really remember what I put on the notes? It was only a bit of fun and just a very long shot). I had no idea where it would end up; probably swallowed by some passing whale perhaps? So where on earth did you find it? I am so totally overcome by this event.
I live in Exeter, in the County of Devon, in the South West of England. I am retired and painting and writing full time.
John Piper in the Caribbean in 2007
04 Thursday Aug 2011
Posted in Adventure, Friendship, message in a bottle, Mystery Message, Travel
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beachcombing, Buffington, Clint Buffington, message in a bottle, mystery message, Richard Kaplan, travel
Recently, Richard Kaplan posted a comment in which he said, “I always include the date and place I send bottles from.” I responded, saying, “the business card I found didn’t have a date or place!”
Turns out, I was WRONG!
I was drifting off to sleep the other night, and Richard’s claim was on my mind. So, I got up and scrutinized his message in a bottle once more. I don’t know how I missed it before, but through the wavy green glass, I could see impressions left by a pen on the back of Richard’s card.
16 Saturday Jul 2011
Posted in Adventure, Friendship, message in a bottle, Travel
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adventure, Amtrak, beachcombing, business card, Clint Buffington, humor, illustration, Inspiration, message in a bottle, Rail Pass, stick figure, trains, travel
After meeting Ed and Carol Meyers in Washington, D.C., I was back on the train, heading to New York City to meet Richard Kaplan. I was determined to get my money’s worth from my Amtrak Rail Pass! And, I needed to meet the man on the other end of this business card in a bottle I found two years earlier.
Richard Kaplan’s business card in a bottle.