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So far, I covered how I presently see the COVID-19 pandemic and how I see it unfolding over the next year or two. Now I’m going to share what I’m doing about it as an individual.
I’m taking reasonable precautions. I’m doing what’s recommended to protect myself from COVID-19; washing my hands, avoiding close contact, wearing a mask when around others, cleaning and disinfecting surfaces. Ever since the county I live in issued its health order in mid-March
…On January 8th I set sail from La Paz, on the Baja California peninsula of Pacific Mexico for Long Island, NY on a multi-leg voyage. I provide a synopsis of “The Voyage” in my sailing blog, Sailing Intermezzo and provide regular progress updates while sailing there. That blog describes the what, where, when and how of The Voyage. I barely touch on the why.
I’m making this voyage to learn more about just being. Yes, The Voyage has
…In October 2015 I left my job as an executive with an engineering firm where I had worked for 25 years, got on my boat, sailed out through San Francisco’s Golden Gate and turned left to begin a two year sailing voyage. All at once, I left a life that was highly structured and in which I had a known and powerful identity, to begin one that had virtually no structure and where I was a nobody.
By working hard
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