Close Hauled Down the Thorny Path

(For the non-sailor readers, there is a band around the direction of the wind in which sailing is not possible; that close to the wind the sails do not catch enough wind to propel the boat forward. If a sailboat

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Island Time

Cartagena, Colombia – September 2016 As a young girl I dreamt of owning an entire lake with an island in it; I planned to live on the island and canoe to shore only when absolutely necessary. As an overworked corporate

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Tarpon Terrors

Tarpon Longer Than Jason

August 2016 – Bonaire He keeps swimming back at me, circling around maybe twenty feet away and then skimming right by my hands. A couple of times his scales graze my leg or arm and I let out a scream

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