01 Wednesday Mar 2017
Posted in Friendship, Love, message in a bottle, ocean currents, Romance
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On the morning of July 26th, 2016, Kristin Morin was out for a walk on Cape Neddick beach in York, Maine, with two of her four children. The out-of-the-way beach was quiet, and the tide was low. Perfect beachcombing conditions.
“There’s an exposed sand bar,” Kristin wrote in her message to Continue reading
22 Wednesday Feb 2017
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When Ashley Guerra of J2LR General Contractors in Indianapolis wrote to tell me of her company’s 87 year old message in a bottle discovery, I was dumbfounded. You see–they didn’t find their message in a bottle on a beach. Instead, their crew found it while digging up a construction site at 10th and Emerson in Indy.
The tiny bottle contained a single piece of paper inscribed on both sides. The front side is hard to read. It appears to simply be a “work ticket”. It shows the business brand and logo, but the handwriting is faded beyond readability:
12 Sunday Feb 2017
Posted in Friendship, Love, message in a bottle, Romance
In 2012, according to The Olympian, Mattie and Jake Harrison sealed their wedding vows to each other in a bottle and set them adrift to mark the start of their journey through life together.
Mattie and Jake Harrison with the letters they wrote to each other for their wedding, before sending them out to sea. Photo Courtesy: Mattie and Jake Harrison / The Olympian
27 Friday Jan 2017
Posted in Adventure, Friendship, Love, message in a bottle, Mystery Message, Romance
One day in 2013, a young woman named Jess and her dog were walking along the beach on the UK’s east coast.
Suddenly, something caught her eye Continue reading
28 Wednesday Dec 2016
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I was just thinking about fate and mystery…
I am often asked whether I feel like it is “fate” when I find a message in a bottle, or meet a sender. Continue reading
16 Thursday Jun 2016
Posted in message in a bottle, Romance
A lot of folks like to compare messages in bottles to social media—particularly Facebook. Reporters often suggest that sending a message in a bottle is like the original “friend request” and that responding to one is like accepting it.
