Night Howl, Deep in My Bones
Last month around this time when the moon was full, our nights were filled with howling. Almost every night we could …
Tag Archives: sailing
Water with a Razor’s Edge
One of my favorite pastimes when we were sailing was watching the wake the boat made slipping through still waters. …
Sailing with Sargent and Homer
Recently I discovered the watercolors of John Singer Sargent and Winslow Homer, two great American artists that I had known …
Celebrating Poetry: Music of the Spheres
The first poem I shared on my new blog five years ago was scribbled in the starlight on a moonless …
Into the Flow, Bringing the Mountain Top into Market Place
Have you ever felt being in the flow of things? That optimum experience that many athletes and artists feel when …
Music for Sailing Among the Stars
One of my poems has been set to music. An amazing composer, Troy Armstrong, emailed me earlier this year and …
Sailing with Kids into the Unknown, Continuation of Sea Saga, Part VI
This post is a continuation of the article I wrote about long-distance sailing with children that I wrote long ago …
Sea Saga, Part VI — Cruising with Kids, Dream or Nightmare?
The following is an article published in Latitude 38 many years ago. I’m reprinting it here as part of our Sea …
La Gitana, Our Larger Self – Sea Saga, Part V
We named her “La Gitana,” Spanish for the gypsy, partly in tribute to our family’s Spanish heritage, partly because sea gypsies …
Sea, Sky, Earth, Fire–My Daughter on Her Wedding Day
She was married beneath a cliff on the edge of the sea standing barefoot on the rocky beach. Barking seals …
