The Old Man and the Sea

"I was born with the sea, the smell of the sea (and salt) flowing through my veins"

A story by craig lock

A New Book (still to be written): Perhaps the story itself is (telling) the story!
“Life is God’s novel; so let Ultimate Source write it, as it unfolds…”
- me (as inspired by the words of Isaac Bashevis Singer)

"But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated. ”

“There is no friend as loyal as a book.”
- "the master writer", Ernest Hemingway

DEDICATION

For mom, dad, S, G and M, the whole “tribe of Wallies”... and the world

Enjoy
c

“When (or if ever) you arrive in heaven, let faith and love be the wings that carried you there.”
- as adapted from the inspiring words of Jonathan Edwards, former minister in New England, Massachusetts

“The Greatest Race*: Living by (with) faith, hope and love is the highest podium any person can reach, God’s podium that anyone stand on.”*
- c

“Having pursued the goals, the dreams set before us and run the race with persistence and endurance, after giving it all. Then one day standing on the summit of life, breathing in the pure sweet oxygen of achievement, totally satisfied in running the greatest race, the race of life one that ANYONE can run and win.”
craig

Prologue

I was born with the sea, the smell of the sea (and salt) flowing through my veins…

Sea Fever

by John Masefield

I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;
And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking.

I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.

PPS

You may like my dad's book Bismarck, Dorsetshire and Memories (published by me) available at Kobo