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Jul 10
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
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
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
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
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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How not to impress your wife and family!

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Jan 29
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
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
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
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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