Feb 28 2008
Long ago and far away in another world, when Jason and I first moved in together, in our search for rental digs (very very hard to find in Santa Cruz, CA), we settled on a place that I considered to be “cute and funky” and Jason, with his lifetime of experience in building trades, considered [...]
Feb 26 2008
A few weeks back, I got an email forwarded from the Berkeley Parents’ Network, from a woman whose family was considering a move like ours, looking for some practical, BTDT advice about making the big leap. We chatted back and forth, and set up a day to have them come sailing. Unlike our previous adventure [...]
Feb 22 2008
Rather than spend this post whining about the fact that my long-awaited Birthday Sail plans have been put out of commission by another long stretch of rain and storms, I decided to go back and catch up on some of the material I’d collected over the warmer, sunnier, kinder days. For boat kids, life is [...]
Feb 19 2008
Not that it surprises much of anybody, but now that the sun is out again, the social scene here at the Marina is hopping. People love a good bonfire and BBQ, and the marina has a great little tree-and-bench-ringed fire pit, three BBQs, and power access from the “facilities” (the bath and laundry house) nearby. [...]
Feb 15 2008
OK folks, I am losing my sense of humor here. I can’t even come up with good metaphors or puns or similies or anything. San Quentin’s Raw Sewage Leaks Into SF Bay SAN QUENTIN (CBS 5 / AP / BCN) ? Authorities in Marin County tested the waters in San Francisco Bay Thursday after an [...]
Feb 11 2008
In my ongoing quest to help everone laugh about (and maybe get rid of) their stuff, the mighty George Carlin on, “your stuff”. Profanity (by the bucketload), but still one of the best motivational pieces ever for helping you declutter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvgN5gCuLac Less colorfully, there are also blogs determined to help you on your quest. Some [...]
Feb 08 2008
As I’ve mentioned before, the process of really settling into a boat and making it yours can be fairly long and involved. If you happen to have more money than we do, you can often buy a spiffy designer-touched creation, and no further care is required. But if you’re like us, and this is a [...]
Feb 07 2008
Whoot! I am so excited! My first ever podcast interview is live on Carla’s Miss Adventuring show. You can also access it directly from iTunes, if you’re so inclined. Carla is going to be turning her guests’s “Tips for Misadventurous Living” into a book somewhere along the line, and you can see my (and the [...]
Feb 06 2008
One of my friends recently sent me this link to an SFGate piece, “Small houses challenge our notions of need as well as minimum-size standards“. (Thanks, FR!). Go ahead and read it through, then come on back. The house we lived in was ~1200 square feet, give or take. It’s considered to be small. Most [...]
Feb 04 2008
I am absolutely sick to death of the rain. This is, natch, not a unique sentiment around here this year. Given half an opportunity, pretty much everyone I know will hold forth about how they’re really, really done (really done) with the wetness. I hear from my landlubber pals that the ants are invading in [...]
Feb 02 2008
I am beginning to believe that it might actually be more dangerous to live on the water. My pal F just sent me this. We’re still seeing tar balls and slicks from the Nov. 7 oil spill. And the marine life has definitely not recovered. And now, sickened by that, they’re having to contend with [...]
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