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Winter Fever
The sky: cold, flatGray as concrete.Below it: the freezing beach, Near hard as ice, The winter ocean, Sleeping deeply. Sky of snow cloudsHanging low, Frozen raindrops, Ice crystals, Geometric miracles, […]
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Pure Spirit
I fell in love with Betsy in Jacksonville, Florida, while she was out cold. I never saw anything so beautiful as that brave girl’s face. It was not the usual […]
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The Luxury of Ideal
Before my father died, I was never in trouble with the law. Daddy prevented me from making early mistakes large enough to follow me through life. The shortcomings he saw […]
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Warm Current
Cruising on a sailboat is like taking care of young children: if you want to enjoy yourself, you learn to put away your own designs and ideas, adapt to conditions […]
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Everywhere
On my way out of Key West, I stopped and picked up a few groceries. It took a while to decide what to buy. So many small decisions had to be arrived […]
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Mirage
I navigated for Key West. Arriving in sight of Mallory Square, I saw several thousand people lining the bulkhead where the cruise ships normally docked. There was some kind of […]
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Go Home and Build Your House
Soon as darkness fell, I had a craving to sleep. The day had gone by without a nap, and I was feeling the weight. The wind had quit, the ocean […]
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God on the Wide Open Ocean
The night of the third day I slept. I meant to be up again in fifteen minutes, but hours elapsed. The deep sleep ended suddenly. I woke up to a […]
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Overboard
The third day. Dead tired, no sleep, dehydrated, seasick, feeling sorry for myself, hating the boat, fearing the mindless ocean. One wrong move, and I could wind up overboard. The […]