Archive for the tag 'musings'

Aug 15 2010

Wicked Claustrophobia

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No, I’m not talking about being on a small boat with a big family. I’m talking about being in the Bay. Because we live on water, we keep thinking of this stuff we float on as the sea. But it really isn’t. It’s sludge and grunge and the effluent of the surrounding urban population. It’s [...]

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Aug 03 2010

Sea Babies

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We haven’t been to the beach this season. It’s been cold, cold, and colder, with a marine layer that breaks, sort of, to let the sun shine feebly through, for an hour or so a day, before the fog reasserts itself. Too cold for much of anything, really. My kids are not yet swimmers. When [...]

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Jul 11 2010

Never a reason…

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I’ve been doing a lot of musing lately. Things are wrapping up on the family drama front. Mom’s recovering from the Bear’s death, and getting herself straightened out. And it’s looking like things are going to wrap up soonish on the financial drama front; my social media consulting biz is coming along well, and Jason’s [...]

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May 22 2010

Sterling Hayden on Cruising

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To be truly challenging, a voyage, like a life, must rest on a firm foundation of financial unrest. Otherwise, you are doomed to a routine traverse, the kind known to yachtsmen who play with their boats at sea… “cruising” it is called. Voyaging belongs to seamen, and to the wanderers of the world who cannot, [...]

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Feb 07 2010

On Doing What’s Done

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There’s an email list for parents of children who are considering cruising. We’re a funny and eclectic bunch. You get questions about Personal Flotation Devices (and why the heck can the UK create a fabulous kid’s PFD with integral harness and the USA just will not?), questions about homeschooling, questions about all the crazy details [...]

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May 04 2009

Publicity

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It’s been a busy time here at Excellent Adventure. I’ll break it all down over time, but for now, we’ve had this rush of free publicity. A reporter from Parents magazine, one from SAIL, and another opportunity that I’m keeping quiet about for now, but is TV based. Woah. I’ve also been asked to contribute [...]

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Feb 04 2009

Unemployment #1

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This is what my mornings are looking like, now that I’m unemployed.

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Feb 03 2009

Mighty Women

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Graciously, Jason agreed to spend his 36th birthday in the presence of greatness. Because the internet is rapidly making the world a smaller place, and because I used to row on the mighty Califa Rowing Team, coached by Kathryn Robinson, and Kathy knew Roz from when they rowed on a Greek Trireme, and because I [...]

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Oct 15 2008

A Question of Piracy

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If you’re paying attention (always a question, since there’s so much going on these days in the world), the piracy thing is getting a lot of media attention lately. And people are genuinely freaked out. Everyone loves Jack Sparrow, but when faced with the reality of piracy, that there are scary folks out there on [...]

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Mar 08 2008

Sea Shepherd

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When I have gotten older, and the boys have grown up and moved on to adventures of their own, I want to be Paul Watson’s henchman. Y‘know, people talk all the time about how “when I am an old woman, I shall wear purple“, and they expect you to get all old and eccentric and [...]

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Mar 06 2008

Dreaming and Planning?

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Lonely Planet, whom I adore, sends out a newsletter called “the Comet”. The issue in my inbox right now is called “Dreaming and Planning.” And there’s a lot to think about there. Here’s the quote they start with: The pleasures of travel don’t begin and end on the plane. Dreaming and planning, hitting the road, [...]

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