Home is Where the Anchor Drops

I’ve lived 39 years without owning real estate. I’ve never even signed a lease for longer than one year. I currently live out of one duffle bag for clothes, one duffle bag for gear, a backpack for technology, and a

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New Moon Rising

I moved off Blue Moon in late September.  I loved that boat; she carried me on my first overnight sail, my first blue water sail, my first ocean passage, and 10,000 nautical miles. On her, I became a member of

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The Shortest Distance Between Two Points Is Never a Straight Sail

The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. My father ingrained this basic geometric lesson in me young, jaywalking the streets of Chicago (it was cold and he was in a hurry; he’s otherwise a law abiding citizen).

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