Sometimes you have to bob together for a moment with the tide pushing you along, not toward the shore, but toward the sea where it’s dark and scary, and know and believe God will bring you back to the shore where it’s safe when it’s time.
Category Archives: Personal Ponderings
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Sailboat Sale!
Can’t wait to make my own Sailboat Sale ad, when I will finally rid myself of the dirt on my shoes and replace it with water under my boat and wind in my sails!
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Size Doesn’t Matter
Another great thing about this transition are the feelings and experience by ridding myself of all that extra “stuff” that I don’t need, want or even use anymore. What a peaceful feeling!
It’s also a good reminder that when I ultimately move onto a boat in a couple years, there’ll be more downsizing…getting rid of even more stuff!
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The Ultimate Wave – Tahiti
I just watched this documentary this morning and wanted to share. It primarily focuses on surfing, but there’s a lot of information and images of French Polynesia in general and specifically Tahiti.
There’s information about wave science and great views of the island and the reefs, thriving with aquatic life. This is the kind of stuff that
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Am I a dummy?
I’m educating myself about sailing, cruising and all things nautical lately. This book I bought yesterday is just one more link in the chain that will hopefully help me become more knowledgeable and competent when it comes to sailing.
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White Christmas
Well, we got snow today, making it a very white Christmas in Texas! Unfortunately, I had to work today, but that’s part of the careers I’ve chosen. When I was in the Air Force, there were very few Christmases when I wasn’t deployed overseas. And crime doesn’t stop on the holidays…so I work most of them now, too. As a result of all this,
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Can I Claim That Beach?
I’ve read that once you rid yourself of day to day distractions (traffic, mortgages, work spaces, a million people cramping your personal space, etc., etc.) then you are better able to understand the world and how it works so much easier and intuitively.
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Alternative Economic Culture
Here’s another post that doesn’t have much to do with the actual “sailing” or “cruising” part of sailing or cruising, but rather something that I think has influenced the sailing / cruising culture.
I read an article and listened to a podcast by Paul Mason, a BBC correspondent who interviewed Professor Manuel Castells, a noted world sociologist. During that interview, Castells talks about a new kind of capitalism growing from counter-cultures. He’s referring to a great number of people who have taken on the viewpoint [some purposely and some through inability] that the important things in life cannot be purchased.
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Back to full duty … finally
Long story short, I was involved in a fight during the arrest of a man who had just raped a woman.
He didn’t want to go to jail, so I had to convince him otherwise.
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Sailors’ Superstitions
Obviously, since seafaring is probably one of the world’s oldest occupations and pastimes, there’s a ton of lore [both good and bad] out there. Here’s a few I’ve found that involve bad luck for sailors.