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I’m pleased to announce that more affordable softcover and eBook editions of my book Sailing Intermezzo – The Voyage are now on sale at my publisher’s online bookstore. The “deluxe” hardcover edition with color photos remains available for purchase there also. Scroll to my previous blog post for a description of and inspiration for the book.
Readers of this blog can apply the following coupon codes to receive discounts off the list prices:
…I haven’t written anything for this blog since May of 2020, while we were in the midst of the COVID pandemic. A lot has happened since! I hope all who have followed this blog are healthy and happy.
I spent the past couple of years writing a book Sailing Intermezzo, The Voyage, which I expect to have published and to be available in June. More on that as the publication date draws nearer.
I aspire to resuming writing short articles on
…My previous blog post summarized how I presently see the COVID-19 pandemic situation. This one is my attempt to portray how I see this situation unfolding over the next couple of years. Again, my view is a general, big picture one of a curious, informed layperson who recognizes the great deal of uncertainty associated with predicting the future based on limited data. I don’t hold myself out to be an expert in any of the areas in which I
…I know I’m not alone in wondering and worrying about where the COVID-19 pandemic is taking us. Our current circumstances are highly uncertain, variable and complex and are in constant change. We seem to have little control over them.
However, if approached from a high enough level, I don’t find it too difficult to form a general, big-picture understanding of what is happening. And based on that understanding, it’s not too hard for me to envision some reasonable scenarios as
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My sailing season has drawn to its end, my boat Intermezzo set to be hauled out and put in dry storage for the hurricane