In Honor of Capt Phil Harris:

I've been watching the final episodes of this season's Deadliest Catch. I just finished the one hour Phil Harris retrospective. The season finale is coming this Tuesday the 27th.

Born in 1956, he lived hard and died young at age 53. He was a true cowboy of the sea, growing up at a time when you could make $130,000 in one season as a deckhand, in 1980s money, in the wide open and free-for-all derby system in Alaska.

And I know, like his sons, what it means to be adrift.

One thing the sons will come to always treasure is the documentation they've been provided by Discovery of the life and times with their father.

This is just one of those times where a person's passing has really struck me. I mean, struck me. And I can't put my finger directly on the reason.

Tuesday's Gone With The Wind:



God bless you, Phil -- like the Eagles said:

You were too fast to live, too young to die;

Bye-bye.

BZ

P.S.
Do you think the Cornelia Marie will be back next season and, if so, with roughly the same crew? Moreover, will the sons help to staff the boat?