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For those of you who follow my Sailing Intermezzo blog, you already know that I have released the “deluxe edition” of my lbook, Sailing Intermezzo, The Voyage. This book combines my blog posts and writings from my personal journal to weave together the story of a sailing voyage from San Francisco to New York with a story of my struggles with love.
My mom was the inspiration for this book. She asked me if I could print out the blog so
…I’m writing for this blog again.
I hope I’ll be able to get into a habit of writing and posting regularly. I failed at my last attempt doing this and haven’t posted anything for over a year, although I did keep up pretty well with my sailing blog until I completed The Voyage last August.
Before resuming writing for this blog, I asked myself, “Why do it? Why try again? What is the purpose?” Is it to just
…I haven’t written anything for this blog for over five months. My thoughts did not stay still long enough nor were they solid enough for me to be able to express them. I had nothing to say.
Now I do, though not much, nothing particularly significant to say.
I just feel more purpose in my life, a better sense of self. Those simple conditions give rise to wanting to express myself, to put my words out there again.
The sense
…This little piece of fiction is inspired by the bees of the Sea of Cortez, who are always on the hunt for fresh water in dry season and when they find it on your boat, come in big swarms and stay for hours. They have never behaved aggressively and I’ve never been stung. The bees are more interested in staying together than in a particular place, so you can herd them out from where you don’t want them, once you figure
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