As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for some of us that world of make-believe continues into adulthood.Jim Henson I was raised on a steady diet of movies, books, theater and art. Television was mostly limited to Saturday morning cartoons, Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock, and The Muppet Show. There was never any question as I grew up as to whether or not magic existed. It was (and still is) a given that magic is real. Growing up I rode dragons in Pern, walked through a wardrobe into Narnia, herded the Red Bull into the sea, and went on road trips with frogs, bears, and chickens. I swooned over David Bowie in Labyrinth and Westley in The Princess Bride. For better or worse, I have been gifted with an overzealous imagination. While my mind’s eye is capable of envisioning beautiful things, it is equally capable…
We have blue courtesy lights on our lagoon 450. They cast a warm blue light in the cockpit, the walkways to and from the flybridge and the sugar…
I am putting these notes here for others. S/V Fizzgig, a 2015 L450F was commissioned as a 240VAC 50Hz EU boat. We are in the US so I…
Tap tap tap. Is this thing on…. *feedback squeal* We have an announcement to make, before your heart sinks, read to the end. The mighty Waponi Woo is…
Our generator died. Ryan started it up and it would cough and sputter in a sickly idle. The generator did not rev up. Two months in Panama sitting…
We replaced the old 15kg OEM spade anchor on Waponi Woo with a 65lbs Mantus anchor. The Mantus has a large hoop that, when stored under our trampoline/bowsprit…
A little over a year ago India, Rover and I decided to go to Central America and the Caribbean (Ryan was on a four-week stint away for work…
“Wait, the sail will hold us?!”
Lightning in the distance. Lightning bugs above the water. Bioluminescence in the water. In a small bay off a small island in a bay in Costa Rica.
I was responding to a thread on Facebook about a kid and her parent’s cell-phone. One of the parents mentioned they copy-cat-ed the protocol for their kids. Before…