Spring is here and pale faces are beginning to emerge from their houses and enjoy the fresh air. With the winter cover finally off my boat, my mast up, and my lines cast free from the dock, I can feel a sense of freedom that, like the buds on the trees, is beginning to open up and reveal its charming …
Story Telling
This is an update added on Nov. 24, 2009: StoryCorps has started a National Day of Listening, and I think everyone should check it out and participate. Please share your stories on their website. I’m going to, and I’ll tell you about it in a later post. Let me know how it goes! Sincerely, Teresa How often does today’s generation …
My First Solo Sail (part three)
It’s been a week since my last post. The time between posts is getting longer and longer. I was warned when I started my blog that this would happen. Last week I went to a job fair, looking for coastal positions…ideally teaching at a private school. No luck….yet. And I wonder how I ever got myself into this mess. Sometimes …
My First Solo Sail (part two)
Continued from Part One. Click HERE to read part one. I anchored in eleven and a half feet of water, took some time tidying up the boat, and then settled into my cozy cabin to prepare a warm dinner. It was cold, foggy, and drizzly outside and even though my sail was finished for the day, my voyage was not. …
My First Solo Sail (part one)
I am a confident and prudent sailor. I know my limitations and strengths and pursue ventures within my abilities, which is why I decided to wait for a few days before my first solo sail on my own boat. The weather radio was indicating that a small craft warning was “in effect.” They predicted weather that I have competently sailed …
I’m the Lucky One
Hello, I haven’t blogged in a while, and many folks are requesting a new post. They want to hear some inspiring words from me, from someone who is chasing her dreams, living a unique life, and successfully paving her own unique way in today’s challenging world. But I’ll tell you the truth. Someone (who calls himself “Bad-Fish”) made a …
Daughters and Sons
My Dad is the father of three girls. Now he is the grandfather of two more. Five girls and no boys, and I am the middle of those five, the youngest of the three. “I tried to raise all my daughters like sons,” he would say. Alicia, my oldest sister was the tomboy. She excelled at sports, playing volleyball, softball, …
My Theme Song
Today I wanted to write about President Obama, about eating Raw Foods, about the first time I went aground in my boat, about the first time I went aground in a boat I was hired to sail, about the relationship between the gulls and a West Marine clerk, about how I chose the title of my blog, about my cat …