Australia, Best of the Blog, Destinations, Oceania, Personal Ramblings, Stories from the Road

Six Months Later…

Isn’t it funny, that the things that we thought would bring us joy, sometimes…often…don’t, in the end? I mean it really shouldn’t be surprising to a writer, someone who knows that character growth exists in the movement between the character chasing what they want in the beginning to learning, and finding, that what they need… Read More Six Months Later…

Australia, Destinations, Oceania, Sailing

Act Three: A Wedding, a Weather Window, and a Pirate and his Dog

We left Cannonvale anchorage for the last time on August 21st, eight days before we were due to fly to LA for my cousin’s wedding. We’d just had a magical week with friends, but now the rubber was hitting the road and we had places to be, so we weighed anchor and headed south…right in… Read More Act Three: A Wedding, a Weather Window, and a Pirate and his Dog

Australia, Best of the Blog, Destinations, Oceania, Sailing, Stories from the Road

Decisions: Endings, Beginnings, and Everything In-between

We in the global west have an odd relationship with change. We tend to assume that what is, will always be, be it good or bad or somewhere in between; however, what I’ve come to realise, slowly and sometimes painfully, is more in line with eastern traditions and that is, that the only constant in… Read More Decisions: Endings, Beginnings, and Everything In-between