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Living on the Edge of the Wild

July 11, 2013

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I created this blog to explore what it means to be living on the edge of…

Sailing with Kids into the Unknown, Continuation of Sea Saga, Part VI

July 3, 2013

This post is a continuation of the article I wrote about long-distance sailing with children that I wrote long ago …

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Sea Saga, Part VI — Cruising with Kids, Dream or Nightmare?

June 30, 2013

The following is an article published in Latitude 38 many years ago. I’m reprinting it here as part of our Sea …

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Song of Me and Mine

June 23, 2013

Tonight as we marvel at the summer solstice super-moon, our family will be celebrating our daughter’s birthday. In remembrance of this lovely event, …

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The Pieta and the Writer’s Palette

June 16, 2013

It’s been said that for the writer the blank page is our canvas and words our paint. But I don’t …

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The Art of Sohan Qadri – Tapping into the Unconscious

June 9, 2013

When I first encountered one of Sohan Qadri’s paintings, I was plunged like a pebble into a still pool, radiating ripples …

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The Deer’s Scream, My Mother’s Eyes, and a Ripe Strawberry

June 2, 2013

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The deer fleeing for its life turns to look at me with my mother’s eyes.  Dark…

Into the Flow, Mountain Top and Market Place Experiences

May 27, 2013

Have you ever felt being in the flow of things? That optimum experience that many athletes and artists feel when …

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Lightness of Being, Unbearable and Otherwise

May 20, 2013

I fell in love with the title of Milan Kundera’s novel “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” before I ever read …

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“When Things Go Missing,” Piecing the Puzzle Together

May 5, 2013

Short stories are getting a lot of love lately. May has been proclaimed National Short Story Month. Others have dubbed …

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After sailing around the world in a small boat for six years, I came to appreciate how tiny and insignificant we humans appear in our natural and untamed surroundings, living always on the edge of the wild, into which we are embedded even while being that thing which sets us apart. Now living again on the edge of the wild in a home that borders a nature preserve, I am re-exploring what it means to be human in a more than human world.

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