Elena

Thank you! I love it!

Glad that you succeeded to upload it!

Thank you very much! Any other suggestions?

Last year on Valentine's Day, I made a youtube movie for "Before the Mast" using Ronnie Ronalde's "If I were a sailor", because it was, at the same time, a sea shanty appropriate for the time and a love song.

Any suggestions for this year?

Please, I need a few suggestions, because I can't guarranttee, if they are only 2-3, that I'll find any of those songs. Among several, it is easier to choose... My only idea is "Voici la St. Jean" by Malicorne, because it has been featured a few times in the most active thread we had last year. But if I find something in English, sea-related and love-related at the same time... the better!

Many happy returns!

I am still worried how my gifts hadn;t arrived yet to Wes. I shipped the envelope on 23-rd of November... and the others with whom I sent it had received it around Saint Nicholas (but in Europe, not in USA).

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Happy New Year to you!

And I don;t say who and how adopted me from the distance...

I say only "Thank you very much!"

Many happy returns!

I have two carols instead, do they count? In one of them, one of my characters is mentioned, and the ship captained by other of my characters. The other refers to the site as a whole:

I saw three ships aboard the site

“Before the Mast”, “Before the Mast”

I saw three ships ready to fight

In the West Indies at war time.

And who was in those ships all three,

“Before the Mast”, “Before the Mast”,

And who was in those ships all three,

According to their prior agreement?

Captain Crawford and Raoul were there,

“Before the Mast”, “Before the Mast”,

And Sharky with his privateers,

In the West Indies at war time.

Pray, wither sailed those ships all three,

“Before the Mast”, “Before the Mast”,

Pray, wither sailed those ships all three,

In the West Indies at war time?

O they sailed into the straight

“Before the Mast”, “Before the Mast”,

Wanting the pirate ship to fight,

In the West Indies at war time.

And all the bells on earth shall ring,

“Before the Mast”, “Before the Mast”,

That gunned down the “Siren” sank,

In the West Indies at war time.

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Then let us all rejoice again,

“Before the Mast”, “Before the Mast”,

That those we love did survive,

In the West Indies at war time.

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Deck the site with gimps and holly,

Fa la la la la, la la la la.

For the holidays to be jolly,

Fa la la la la, la la la la.

We have weddings, fun and contests,

Fa la la, la la la, la la la.

And witty negotiations,

Fa la la la la, la la la la.

See the story grow before us,

Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Strike the keys and join the chorus.

Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Follow us and write to measure,

Fa la la la la, la la la la.

And you’ll surely get a treasure,

Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Fast away the old plot passes,

Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Hail the new, ye lads and lasses,

Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Let’s write joyous, all together,

Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Contests to win, story to further,

Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Many happy returns of the day... and may all your wishes come true!

I have been a nice girl... Saint Nicholas gave me a wonderful present - Thank you, my secret Santa!

I received a book about the most famous pirates, a pirate-themed video game and a beautiful bracelet of beads with a coin... all travelling far away from USA!

Yes, the ones who prefer acting in person the life of those times instead of writing about it, more power to them!

I think that writing is also a good option for many people - some of them don't live close to a sea or navigable river, or no boats in their possibilities...

I don't see anything wrong in having love stories of all kinds in our writings too. My husband knows about all my characters' love stories and from what countries the writers are. Sometimes he teases me about it - "with which lover are you online?" But he knows the difference between IC and OOC (and also the fact that most writers are also female). And he also knows that we have plenty of other plots than romance.

Thanks, Charity! I guess this is not what I expected to hear from you... But it is because I know you less, and you are not what I thought you to be.

I really thought you have a crew and a ship, Jade something I guess... or I am mistaking you with another lady... Like in reenacting and really going sailing...

Working with children, tailoring history for children is something else, I guess, than what I was looking for. In my opinion, reenacting means re-living history of those times as closely as possible. Including mentions of wenching and booze, because they had been a part of the pirate life. In our stories, we have portrayed drunken pirates, womanizers, as well as flogging, keelhauling, abuse - everything is a part of the Age of Sail life, and as long as it is tastefully described (ie without explicit details) everything is OK.

Thank you, Charity, I am so glad to hear it! But it wasn;t a Christmas gift from me, it was just a March amulet, at the right time

Very good for reference! Thank you very much! I bookmarked one, the other looks... strange, I mean I don;t know how to download it/ read it.

I like it a lot... and it gave me something to think about... I might come with one for my character's or my friend's...

Mine is still alive, and in need of more crew! 16 months and going strong!

We don;'t use the period spelling anyway, because we have almost a half of the writers not native english speakers, and it would get confusing to use an alternate spelling. This is why we generally discourage portraying the accents in phonetical writing, preferring to say: "He stated, with his Irish (or french, or whatever) accent" instead.

It is true, I would have preferred to see more samples as models, but... one has to be contented with what she finds...