Reading time: Too long. ‘It’s always nice to get out on the water.’ Such is the expression. And there has been a lot of water under the bridge, literally and […]
You can’t go home again. Or can you?
[Five minute read] Yesterday I walked in the woods behind Marlboro College, my feet kicking up old leaf litter from last fall – sunlight dappling the ground. It was the […]
Full circle back to the Pacific Northwest
Almost three months to the day and I am back in my van. It took some coaxing to get started and then ease out of the narrow space next to […]
Landfall in Bermuda
The night feels like I’m inside a space capsule hurtling back to earth through the atmosphere. Or maybe in a fiberglass capsule being dragged across the ocean waves by a […]
All good things must come to an end. Or a pause.
I’m supposed to be writing this while anchored in a wind-sheltered cove someone deep in the Canadian Gulf Islands. My words describe the ocean birds that grace the shore and […]
East of the San Juans: New York, Thailand, Cambodia, New York.
Read time: 10 minutes No fancy literary allegories here. Just plain ol’ catch-up since my post about sea kayaking in the San Juan Islands last fall. Suffice to say, I […]
Summer of Wind and Sail
The seasons are changing and part of me is relieved to feel the cooler nights and see the occasional leaf fall to the ground. This summer I stretched my legs […]
Catching up – baby joggers to pack rafts to sails.
It’s been almost eight months since I last wrote here. Time keeps slipping by – below is a quick recap of some adventures since then. New resolutions are to write […]
Sailing in the Indian Ocean
In 2013, I learned that the best way to wash the dirt off from Kilimanjaro is to visit Zanzibar, a small island off the coast of Tanzania. Last month, after […]