Four years ago today, we departed San Diego with our buddy boat, She’s No Lady, at our side. FOUR years ago! Some of you may recall when I wrote in my first musings post, and …
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Category: Miscellania
A Political Upwelling in Isolation
March 15th-ish to Present Disclaimer: This post goes a bit political. We generally try to keep religion and politics off our blog, but at this time in our collective lives, politics cannot be ignored. If …
Continue readingCaptain Feeds First Mate
And, no, Captain Randy doesn’t feed First Mate Jody to the sharks. What I mean is, he feeds me – sustenance – so I stay alive. He’s what I call my galley b*#@h – others …
Continue readingDrone!
Ever since our dear friend, Ryan, spent nearly three months with us back in 2017, flying his drone – launching from terra firma and from my hand while at sea – and taking amazing photographs …
Continue readingFinally – Orcas!
We had an amazing wildlife encounter today. We took the dinghy to the north side of the Coronados (see “Where’s Free Luff” for geographic reference) so Rand could (legally) spear fish, but, unfortunately, the fishing …
Continue readingPassage-making and a Love Affair
Have I told you that I’m in love? Well, of course, I’m still in love with my husband of 20 years (most of the time), but another love affair has been ongoing, unbeknownst to me, …
Continue readingLife on a Floating Isolation Platform
The blog post I was writing was another installment of First Mate Musings, but it’s impossible to write anything without first acknowledging that shit just got really real, and really weird. We’d started hearing about …
Continue readingFirst Mate Musings – 18 Months In
Well, here we are – 11 months after the original post, First Mate Musings Thus Far. Eleven months. That means we’ve been out for 18 months. And if you tack on the Shakedown, in total, …
Continue readingTribute to Ry
Ok, so you’ve all been seeing these blog posts over the past few months with this guy, Ryan, featured prominently. He’s a dear friend who lived in the same marina back in San Diego, until …
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Well, we’ve been out for about 7 months, and time seems to have sped up. They say it slows down when you’re out cruising, but so far I haven’t found that to be the case. …
Continue readingFun with Fam at Home
Come March, it was time for Jody to get her fix of family and friends in San Diego and Palm Springs (sorry no pics here) – oh, and to take the cat to the vet. …
Continue readingSensing in Barra
“Sensory Awareness is a mindfulness practice that cultivates responsiveness and presence, and can revitalize our capacity to meet whatever is happening in our lives…. We explore what happens in the simplest activities, such as breathing, …
Continue readingMexican Beer Tasting Happy Hour
With all the beer that has been consumed over the past few months, and with Thad and Kristin headed off to Canada for a month and Jenn and Jas headed to Guadalajara for a long …
Continue readingHome for the Holiday
We spent some time in our respective home towns, San Diego (Jody) and Traverse City (Capt. Randy), where there was rain and snow and some sunshine; shopping, shopping, and more shopping (blech!); eating, eating, and …
Continue readingMexico Hiatus
San Diego, CA (32.7157N 117.1611W) Jody took a brief hiatus from Mexico to go home for a visit with family and friends. It’s the first year without the Mama, so it was important for her …
Continue readingFIRE at Half Moon!
In the early morning hours of September 30, in the midst of our best REM sleep, we were suddenly awakened by our neighbor’s (in our old slip at Bay Club) air horn and Nancy calling …
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