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About hamiltonstation

I grew up in New England, graduated from college in upstate NY, spent a few years as a small boat officer with the U.S. Navy in the Western Pacific, then worked 35 years as an industrial automation engineer. My retirement jobs, teaching - 8 years in a public high school as a special needs educator, 3 years as a kayak guide for a small cruise ship company on the Gulf of Mexico, the Great Lakes and Canadian Maritimes and 10 years as a ocean kayak guide for a large outdoor outfitter in Maine. For 30 years, my wife and I volunteered in maximum security state prisons, helping inmates with their literacy, developing of the spiritual side of personality, and learning mature social skills - all to eventually assist with their future re-integration into society. My wife and I have 2 adult children. We are now living in a community of friends and continue with our craft and outdoor hobbies of hiking, biking and sea kayaking.

Heaven is Now

Posted on April 4, 2012 by hamiltonstation

If heaven is now, why then is there so much trouble? Trouble, you say; what trouble? Well, for one, I recently learned that there is some kind of epidemic, mainly in Uganda, where kids are slipping into a kind of … Continue reading →

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Akron Woods – Orientation

Posted on March 26, 2012 by hamiltonstation

   It was the 5th grade in Salisbury, Massachusetts in September 1954. My parents announced that we were relocating to Kent Ohio, a small town near Akron, the tire-making capital of the US. Within weeks I was torn from my … Continue reading →

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Integrity

Posted on January 14, 2012 by hamiltonstation

Integrity verses Honesty When the virtue integrity is mentioned, the concept of honesty often comes to mind. However, integrity and honesty are quite different. Webster’s New World Dictionary defines integrity as “being of sound moral principal; state of being complete, … Continue reading →

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Ocean Craft Comparison

Posted on January 5, 2012 by hamiltonstation

While paddling home from work, my phone rang. The seven-word sentence above would cause most people in my generation to pause in order to weigh exactly what is being said. People 30-years old and younger simply would not find anything … Continue reading →

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Drink This Cup

Posted on April 12, 2011 by hamiltonstation

Sometimes life serves us a cup. When the cup is sweet, we drink and we feel justified. Ahhh, I deserved that! But when the cup is bitter, what then? Do we resist? Do we drink and swallow hard? There are … Continue reading →

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Meditation Place

Posted on February 21, 2011 by hamiltonstation

Sitting alone in a kayak on a relatively calm sea offers the chance for precious space – from stress, from too much thought and from too much noise. Of course the ocean can change in the heartbeat of new weather. … Continue reading →

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