Four Souls: Sailing the World

Sailing Vessel IBIS

A howling wilderness does not howl, it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling.

Thoreau

We are given two lives. We live one life and once we realize we only have one life, our second life begins.

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Jul 10, 2020
4 min

The Feline Astronomer.

You can point out the moon to your cat, but she will probably just nuzzle your finger! A provocative line in a book I’m reading. It made ...

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Jul 10, 2020
5 min

This is the only therapy a human needs.

I crane to look above me, slowly turning and searching for the source of the wrinkled, falling shadows. Through the motes of early mornin...

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Jul 10, 2020
1 min

Ultimate Construction

We aim to cultivate thoughtfull intelligence. We want our kids to know how the world works, but also the joy and power of learning, and t...

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Feb 1, 2020
22 min

Crossing the Pacific--Ships Log

Today we will leave civilization. We will hoist and stow anchor and sail south across the doldrums and then 3200 nautical miles west/sout...

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Jan 29, 2020
5 min

The end of an engine...

In the stillness of early morning the whales are crying in the sea. The mournful calls transmit across this shallow ocean through our res...

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Jan 29, 2020
6 min

How not to impress your wife and family!

I tucked the paperback into the helm-seat. The interruption of Conrad’s Chance first started with the gastric disturbance welling from wi...

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Jan 29, 2020
4 min

Crossing to the Berrys

Crossing to the Berrys Despite the constant fury of sounds, motions and airs, it is usually the smallest of changes that awakens. Rarely...

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Jan 27, 2020
12 min

Cubanos...

Cuba is a lanky cowboy named Jesus sitting a donkey in a baseball diamond. Toes dragging the blanched dirt, tending his goats. Cuba is a ...

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Jan 27, 2020
3 min

First Night Out...

First night out 2/9/18 The sun has slipped behind Fort Lauderdale leaving an ochre bruise in the western sky; to the east we sail under c...

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