Free Post Another Update I’m not sure what I’m going to do with this yet. I guess I’d like to share some of what’s going on in my life and in my head right now, but I’m also trying very hard not to
Free Post More Change So, it's been a bit of a rough week. Yesterday, I learned that there was a 15 month wait on beginning the therapy I was hoping to start, after 3 weeks of waiting for an answer. And... the system has been less than helpful
Free Post Change My life is undergoing a lot of changes right now. I am sure there are folks who would look at this and say I'm having a midlife crisis. And of
Free Post Hawai'i Adventure: A Very 2020 Christmas Disclaimer: This is not a happy holiday story and contains plenty of complaining about first-world problems. If that doesn't sound like your idea of a good time at the moment, I'd recommend skipping this one. "I can just finish this stall," I tell my
Free Post Hawai'i Adventure: Plant Babies! One of my goals with coming to Hawai'i was to possibly buy some property and grow some of my own food. It makes so much sense on an island where
Free Post Hawai'i Adventure: The Job 5:40 am—that's when I wake most days. It's dark, cool and quiet aside from the rustle of long-bladed grass against the end of the trailer and the occasional
Free Post Hawai'i Adventure: Settling In I've been on the island for just over two weeks now. On the whole, it's been an incredible experience. It takes conscious effort not to worry about the future and
Free Post A Place with Purpose Names have been changed: this is a story about what I learned from my interactions with someone, not about that person. October 31stI’ve finally arrived on Hawai’i—the Big Island. A few hours drag by as my fellow travelers work their way
Free Post Suddenly Sailing: When the Smoke Came After a full week of hazardous air quality, I was finally able to open up the windows again last Saturday. The middle of September was probably the most wretched experience
Free Post Suddenly Sailing: Dude, Where's my Anchor? It all began as we were trying to pick a movie to watch on Netflix. It was a bit after nine in the evening, and we'd been anchored in Roche
Free Post Suddenly Sprouting Boat life does strange things to you. Like prompting you to write about sprouting seeds.
Free Post Suddenly Sailing: Anchoring in Liberty Bay Poulsbo is a self-proclaimed Little Norway tucked away in Liberty Bay, northwest of Seattle. We’ve visited Poulsbo annually since we began our boating adventure, but this was our first
Free Post Suddenly Sailing: Living at Anchor On November 29th at around 10 AM, we were scheduled for launch into the Duwamish River. The tide was high enough that the little walkway running alongside the boat ramp
Free Post Suddenly Sailing: The Great Haulout of 2018 - Part 3 Blackthorn’s now back in the water, anchored in Eagle Harbor just across the sound from Seattle. I’ll be writing about our experiences living at anchor soon, but I
