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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Boys in Boots
"Cowboys of the American East." In his best-selling book, “The Secret Life of Lobsters,” that’s what Trevor Corson called lobstermen.
 I’ve been mulling over that phrase for years, contemplating the parallels of cowboys on the range and lobstermen on the water:
- Physical
Strength.
- Acquired wisdom and patience.
- Danger in the form of calculated and unforeseen risks.
- Working with the elements.
And that's just a start! I was born and raised in Maine. I've been clamming and done plenty of fishing. But I've never been lobstering. That is, not until this summer when my friend, Rick Hollingshead, bowed to my nagging and let me join him.
 Rick lobsters the waters of Quahog Bay off Harpswell. He’s been hauling since he was four when he first headed out with his father. So why should you, Dear Reader, read about lobstering on a horse website??
- Pleasant distraction for the usual inundation of horse material.
- And, oh, those parallels! Cowboys and lobstermen got a lot in common.
- Stay tuned for more in a NickerNews article!
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