Once again, I've been asked to write. I had made the very questionable decision to be open to buying a sailboat. This was not as straightforward as one might think and required a lot of painful soul searching. There's an aspect to this that continues to feel so very wrong, as if I'm committing some kind of egregious selfish sin. I've never done anything like this before. My entire life has been spent in the service of others often at great cost and harm to myself. There were the decade ...Read More
A few friends asked me at the beginning to write about this boat acquisition experience. But I haven't written anything in many ages. The words just don't flow and honestly I've been avoiding it. Quite a few months have gone by now. Recently, the topic was raised again so I've decided to bite the bullet and make the attempt. But writing feels off. Something is missing but I don't know what. It's as if the words just don't taste right. It's strange to think that I only started sailing ...Read More