tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64708737798265309992012-01-15T11:20:56.957-08:00Dedicated to the proposition that hammock time is added back to our lifespan.Michael McCaffertynoreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470873779826530999.post-24268073318909064252009-11-26T22:10:00.000-08:002009-11-26T22:10:33.613-08:00

One of my favorite pastimes is to lay in a hammock at sunset,  and late into the night,  under a clear sky and a crescent moon,  and imagine the celestial mechanics of the solar system. I imagine how it must *feel* to be this enormous Earth,  spinning backwards, with a slow wobble, at 1000 miles per hour  while hurtling forward 60,000 miles per hour  pulled by the gravity of a sun 92 million

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email from friend tells of her 1st attempt at "Hammock Therapy":  First of all a little history: MM and I have known each other for a VERY long time- We sort of  lost track (didn’t look) of each other- Also for a very long time- You know how people cross your mind for no reason sometimes? Well I was at my computer and MM just popped into my mind and I typed in his name on search- and Poof

Michael McCaffertynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470873779826530999.post-77925770791250147062009-11-21T17:38:00.000-08:002009-11-21T18:10:38.122-08:00

After 10 years of focus, I finally took a break from work, and moved to a place a bit larger than my 500 s.f. apartment. One of the first bits of decorating my new home was this hammock. I remember it fondly... Mikie's Fun House, Version 1.0 -- Rancho Santa Fe, CA   1993 Here's a wide shot, with the pool in the foreground:

Michael McCaffertynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470873779826530999.post-59375453807282837862009-11-21T12:41:00.000-08:002009-11-21T12:42:17.295-08:00

HammockForums.net Get yourself a couple of these neat stickers, only a buck each.

Michael McCaffertynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470873779826530999.post-69161786528388123512009-11-20T21:25:00.000-08:002009-11-20T21:25:15.451-08:00

Kids!  What'll they do next? Here they take the fine and gentle art of hammocking and turn it into an extreme sport: For more, see http://extremehammock.com/

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Mikie's Fun House version 4.0 has a narrow balcony with barely enough space for this single place hammock.  It was made with a loosely woven cotton thread and wore out rather quickly.  The hammock stand was all metal and rusted quickly, but as a wise man once observed:  "any hammock is better than no hammock". This is a place where I have spent many pleasurable hours.Some special nights I

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Mikie's Fun House, version 2.0, there was a place of honor reserved for the hammock, next to the pool, shaded by two young trees, in a bed of flowering plants.  Private, quiet, warm, comfortable... what more can you want? I once lay in this hammock and watched a couple of new hummingbirds take their first flights, and it all happened just a couple of feet away from my face!  It was a most

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Here's a solution for when you have only one tree: http://www.target.com/Portable-Hammock-Stand/dp/B00092M278

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After 30+ years, I finally got to enjoy a hammock under the giant redwoods of Big Sur. The story of this Great Moment in Hammock History is here.

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