Cornelia Cut Free! Duluth Shipping News and Pictures

We were in Duluth last weekend, and arrived in Canal Park just as a ship, the American Mariner, was leaving the harbor. 

American Mariner

 We also had a chance to see the Cornelia, a ship that has been held up by the Coast Guard  due to environmental infractions.   It was interesting to see the ship out there, but I have to admit my curiosity as to what would cause it to be held out there for forty days.  But like most information pertaining to the military and government, the information is only on a need to know basis.  Either way, it is good to hear,  via Duluth Shipping News, that the Cornelia is on her way back out to sea.  I wonder what would have happened if she would have had to spend the winter out on Lake Superior as the water was already looking extremely cold and rough last weekend.

Here is the news release concerning the Cornelia via Duluth Shipping News:

Cornelia

Three unique vessels found their way under the Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge in the last few days.
 A ship we have all come to know, or at least observe at the anchorage just beyond the Duluth piers, is the Cornelia (right). After over 40 days out there, she came in last night to get fuel and take care of some maintenance issues.

The Coast Guard reports that they “have reached an agreement. The vessel is making preparations to depart the Great Lakes prior to the seasonal closure of the locks.” She is expected to depart Duluth, under the Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge, late tomorrow morning or early afternoon. As with any departure time, it may be later. Duluthboats.com will have updated information as soon as we find any new information on Friday morning.

Pictures courtesy of Duluth Shipping News

Nitemare Hippy Girl-Beck lyrics

I have been a fan of this song for a long time.  The song is old and so am I.
A few of my favorite lines,
"She's cooking salad for breakfast/
She's got tofu the size of Texas"-Beck



Classic Song from Beck:





"She's a melted avocado on the shelf"



Here are the lyrics:

"Nitemare Hippy Girl"

She took me off my guard with disappointment
I got sucked inside of her apartment
She's got dried-up flowers, flaky skin
A beaded necklace and a bottle of gin

She's a nightmare Hippy girl
With her skinny fingers fondling' my world
She's a whimsical, tragically beauty
Self-conscious and a little bit moody

It's a new age letdown in my face
She's so spaced out and there ain't no space
She's got marijuana on the bathroom tile
I'm caught in a vortex
She's changing' my style

She's a nightmare Hippy girl
With her skinny fingers fondling' my world
She's a whimsical, tragically beauty
Uptight and a little bit snooty

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

She's a magical, sparkling' tease
She's a rainbow choking' the breeze
Yo, she's busting' out onto the scene
With nightmare bogus poetry
She's a melted avocado on the shelf
She's the science of herself
She's spazzing out on a cosmic level
And she's meditating with the devil
She's cooking salad for breakfast
She's got tofu the size of Texas
She's a witness to her own glory
She's a never-ending story
She's a frolicking depression
She's a self-inflicted obsession
She's got a thousand lonely husbands
She's playing' footsie in another dimension
She's a goddess milking her time
For all that it's worth

Banjo Playing

This is a repost.   Love the banjo picking at ?:45.

Gregory Isaac Asimov---not sure if he is related to the author:

Remember when our songs were just like prayer
Like gospel hymns that you called in the air
Come down, come down sweet reverence
Unto my simple house and ring... and ring

Ring like silver, ring like gold
Ring out those ghosts on the Ohio
Ring like clear day wedding bells
Were we the belly of the beast, or the sword that fell?
We'll never tell

Come to me, clear and cold
On some sea
Watch the world spinning waves
Like that machine

Now I've been crazy, couldn't you tell?
I threw stones at the stars, but the whole sky fell
Now I'm covered up in straw, belly up on the table
Well I drank and sang, and I passed in the stable

That tall grass grows high and brown
Well I dragged you straight in the muddy ground
And you sent me back to where I roam
Well I cursed and I cried, but now I know
Now I know

And I ran back to that hollow again
The moon was just a sliver back then

And I ached for my heart like some tin man
When it came oh it beat and it boiled and it rang...
oh it's ringing


Ring like crazy, ring like hell
Turn me back into that wild haired gale
Ring like silver, ring like gold
Turn these diamonds straight back into coal.

Stable song with lyrics Gregory Isaac Asimov

Listen to the banjo kickin in :46...great lyrics and pacing.

Lyrics

Remember when our songs were just like prayers.
Like gospel hymns that you called in the air.
Come down come down sweet reverence,
Unto my simple house and ring...
And ring


Ring like silver, ring like gold
Ring out those ghosts on the Ohio
Ring like clear day wedding bells
Were we the belly of the beast or the sword that fell...
We’ll never tell


Come to me clear and cold on some sea
Watch the world spinning waves, like that machine


Now I’ve been crazy couldn’t you tell
I threw stones at the stars, but the whole sky fell
Now I’m covered up in straw, belly up on the table
Well I drank and sang, and passed in the stable.


That tall grass grows high and brown,
Well I dragged you straight in the muddy ground
And you sent me back to where I roam
Well I cursed and I cried, but now i know...
now I know


And I ran back to that hollow again
The moon was just a sliver back then
And I ached for my heart like some tin man
When it came oh it beat and it boiled and it rang...
oh it's ringing


Ring like crazy, ring like hell
Turn me back into that wild haired gale
Ring like silver, ring like gold
Turn these diamonds straight back into coal.