Writing, Sailing & Life Adventures

Lessons From a Year of Living Dangerously. And Vibrantly. And Spontaneously.

Lessons From a Year of Living Dangerously. And ...

Last Christmas, the length of our to-do list would have overwhelmed Santa. Colin and I were hip-deep in selling our furniture, renting our house, prepping the boat for its new...

Lessons From a Year of Living Dangerously. And ...

Last Christmas, the length of our to-do list would have overwhelmed Santa. Colin and I were hip-deep in selling our furniture, renting our house, prepping the boat for its new...

Mariachi Christmas  from Mother Nature

Mariachi Christmas from Mother Nature

We hope you are enjoying a very Feliz Navidad and will have quite the Prospero Año Nuevo as well. While we really miss our beloved family and friends, we’re also...

Mariachi Christmas from Mother Nature

We hope you are enjoying a very Feliz Navidad and will have quite the Prospero Año Nuevo as well. While we really miss our beloved family and friends, we’re also...

Recipe for Apple Pie à la Mer

Recipe for Apple Pie à la Mer

Start with a three-day coastal passage from Ensenada to Turtle Bay, delayed until your departure falls smack on Thanksgiving. Next, consider carefully what festive holiday dish can be made using...

Recipe for Apple Pie à la Mer

Start with a three-day coastal passage from Ensenada to Turtle Bay, delayed until your departure falls smack on Thanksgiving. Next, consider carefully what festive holiday dish can be made using...

Belonging, in San Diego

Belonging, in San Diego

When this sailing dream was new and fragile, I probably talked about it a little too often. The common concerns I inevitably heard voiced—storms, rogue waves, and a variety of...

Belonging, in San Diego

When this sailing dream was new and fragile, I probably talked about it a little too often. The common concerns I inevitably heard voiced—storms, rogue waves, and a variety of...

Sailing in the Wake of Giants

Sailing in the Wake of Giants

“We must come down from our heights, and leave our straight paths, for the byways and low places of life, if we would learn truths by strong contrasts; and in...

Sailing in the Wake of Giants

“We must come down from our heights, and leave our straight paths, for the byways and low places of life, if we would learn truths by strong contrasts; and in...

Running With the General

Running With the General

General Santa Ana was an unpredictable, shape-shifting politician and dubious military leader who helped Mexico gain independence from Spain, then lost more than half her territory to the U.S.

Running With the General

General Santa Ana was an unpredictable, shape-shifting politician and dubious military leader who helped Mexico gain independence from Spain, then lost more than half her territory to the U.S.