25 Thursday Jun 2015
Posted in Adventure, archives of the sea, Friendship, message in a bottle
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beachcombing, Clint Buffington, desire, how to open a message in a bottle, identity, innovations management, Inspiration, message in a bottle, patentpool, respect
I have now been hunting messages in bottles for 8 years. That’s almost a third of my life. It’s no wonder this work has become such an important part of my identity.
07 Friday Oct 2011
Posted in Adventure, archives of the sea, message in a bottle, Romance, Travel, weird news
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adventure, beachcombing, Caribbean, Clint Buffington, Godzilla, Guinness, history, humor, illustration, Inspiration, message in a bottle, Neptune, Ovaltine, scroll, stick figure, travel
In 1959, something bizarre and completely unprecedented happened in the Atlantic ocean.
I know what you’re thinking: Godzilla sighting…
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
21 Thursday Jul 2011
Posted in Adventure, Love, message in a bottle, Travel
One day in February of 2008, I stepped on this message in a bottle:
That’s how I found it—no kidding: I stepped on it. I was walking on dunes covered in vines and succulent tropical plants, and suddenly my foot slipped off something roundish. When I pulled back the vines, there was this bottle, glinting sunlight back at me.
16 Saturday Jul 2011
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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.
08 Friday Jul 2011
Posted in Love, message in a bottle, Romance, Travel
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adventure, beachcombing, Clint Buffington, Inspiration, love, message in a bottle, News, Rail Pass
Here’s the beautiful, romantic message in a bottle I found in 2007. This greeting of peace and love was sent by Ed and Carol Meyers on their first wedding anniversary, which was Valentine’s Day, 1999. You may recall that the brown smudges on the message are the remains of their wedding cake – they had saved a piece of it for their first anniversary, and included some in their Valentine’s Day message in a bottle!
Ed and Carol’s Message in a Bottle, sent on Valentine’s Day, 1999. I found it in 2007.
I googled the names I found on the message, Ed and Carol Meyers, and found nothing. I searched the Fredericksburg white pages; nothing. I even emailed the resort whose stationary they used for the message, but never heard back. Continue reading
