After two and half months in Antigua, we sailed south. The time spent on that easy island was high in socializing with family, the Salty Dawgs and friends. It included a two-week jaunt to New York at Christmas time. Before leaving the island, we reprovisioned our essential food and drinks to reach St Lucia. ItContinue reading “A Hop, Skip, and Jump. And a Jam.”
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It’s February! Where did January go?
The last blog entry was a month ago and I wonder if my desire to keep this blog going was declining. After all, the last blog was about Gemini’s AI take on our life on Kalunamoo and I thought it did a good job. Maybe even better than I do! Our cruiser friend Bob didContinue reading “It’s February! Where did January go?”
Mirror, mirror, on the Wall…
As many know, the word Kalunamoo, the name of our 47’ ketch sailboat is unique. If you Google the word “kalunamoo” you will only come up with our boat. There is a story behind that fact, and it can be found on the menu of this website. None of my postings, writings, emails, texts, blogsContinue reading “Mirror, mirror, on the Wall…”
The Day After
It’s the day after Thanksgiving. Although you would not know it here in Antigua. The Pilgrims never landed here, there is no Plymouth Rock, and turkeys are hard to find. Christopher Columbus landed here on his second voyage in 1493. He named the place Santa Maria de la Antigua after a church in Spain. TheContinue reading “The Day After”
BREAKING NEWS
“A friend of mine told me to shoot first and ask questions later. I was going to ask why, but I had to shoot him first.” John Wayne We sailed from Trinidad when the coast was clear. The last hurricane, which started as a tropical wave down here, devastated Jamacia and flew off past BermudaContinue reading “BREAKING NEWS”
The Puzzle
Life is a puzzle. From the moment of birth to our last dying breath, we collect pieces of that puzzle in a vain attempt to see the large picture of life. We are not artists who paint the scenes of our daily existence from a landscape we imagine. Neither are we gods, already knowledgeable inContinue reading “The Puzzle”
A Good Life
“As long as you are curating and storing your experiences in your psychological memorabilia, then you are enriching yourself every day,” Shigehiro Oishi, a psychologist at the University of Chicago. As we return to our literal home, I try to fulfill that thought in writing these blogs. They are part of my “psychological memorabilia”. TheContinue reading “A Good Life”
‘tween Voyages
We have been ashore for a month and have adapted to the changed lifestyle. We do realize that our family and friends that live on-the-hard year-round certainly have a different lifestyle than us. Another month ashore like this and I may have to admit that it is a most novel way to live. Perhaps theContinue reading “‘tween Voyages”
Voyage 15
Our 15th voyage aboard Kalunamoo ended when it was hauled and placed on the hard on June 10th. The list of M&R to be completed by October includes work on the davits and their deck mounting to fix leaks, repair cap rail leaks, thru-hull modifications, new house batteries, repair some hidden interior carpentry, and routineContinue reading “Voyage 15”
It’s June
The Flower Moon has passed with no additional Engine Spirits materializing and so has our time in Grenada. When the Strawberry Moon rises, we will be in Trinidad. Why each full moon is named I have no idea. As technology advances, it seems more people search for meanings in the natural rhythms of the planetsContinue reading “It’s June”
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