Month: November 2016

How Much Does It Really Cost to Sail Away?

How Much Does It Really Cost to Sail Away?

Most think that this is an unachievable dream. Not so. It is attainable and will cost as much as you have. Cruisers spend money the same way on water, as they did on land. Some cash out their life on land early, some later. Some 

Growing Old Is Not for Sissies.

Growing Old Is Not for Sissies.

After the deaths of my father and my dog Samba, my mother had a minor stroke. All this within two years. My father had Parkinson’s the last 15 years of his life, Samba was on meds for seizures and my mother takes all kinds of 

At Peace.

At Peace.

The Day of the Dead. Halloween. Totensonntag. We celebrate the dead. Every culture, in their own way, honors those who came before us. We honor the ones, who died too young, after a long illness, a violent or a peaceful death after a fulfilled life. 

Water Part 4  –  We are Water.

Water Part 4 – We are Water.

Our use of fresh water is frivolous. I understand that it feels great to stand under the running water of a shower. We are mainly made out of water, perhaps we like being one with our element. Shockingly, one in ten people on earth live 

Water Part 3 – Conquering the World.

Water Part 3 – Conquering the World.

Either greed or ignorance seem to run away with projects like Keystone and DAPL as well as the building booms of desert cities like Puerto Peñasco and Las Vegas. We built it and then hopefully have made the money to deal with the problems we