Life is Sailing
A place of life exploration, sailing journeys, and piece of thought
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The keen perspective of those who capture incredible photos that secure a moment in time even better than what I remember seeing but somehow encapsulate all that I felt in that moment. It is breathtaking and peaceful, motion and stillness. Click, select, edit, enhance. I and we have been blessed by the services of some…
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(written July 13, 2025) It was a hot, drenchingly humid afternoon the day we chose to visit the Gulfarium. I don’t think I have ever been so uncomfortable outside, literally melting inside my clothes. We had already seen a fun, impressive sea lion show. Those guys are super flexible and fun! The dolphin shows were…
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“What’s in that box, Mom?”Music, son. You see, back in the day this is how people could listen to music or catch up on world events.Limited selection.Community enjoyment of song. Symbol of fun, source of newsWalk to it,Lean on it,Dance away from it.Music in a box.
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(from June 26, 2025) Laughter with family sends fresh breath to weary hearts. To chuckle with the experienced to giggle with the youth, to lose oneself in the uncontrollable, tear-spilling, doubled-over peels of joyful laughter… is there anything so light and freeing? Might I recommend a game of Codenames? It is a word game that…
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(writings on July 4, 2025) It’s the name of a tasty wine we drank with our fancy Fourth of July hot dog meal served with a side of incredibly juicy watermelon. Unshackled… from the chains of British rule when US declared independence in 1776. I am so very grateful for the men and women who…
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(from June 28, 2025) “The more places you call home, the less any single place can define you. You start as a visitor, then you adapt, you blend in, you belong. But every time you leave, you take a piece of that place with you. Over time, your identity becomes fluid, shaped by cultures, not…
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“He must have taken the view that if you stood still in the fast-changing modern world, you would take root, stagnate, and die inside.” Author David Rooney in his book The Big Hop wrote these words to describe Harry Hawker, a young man who attempted to be one of the first to fly across the…
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Sometimes difficult breakdowns lead to the most surprising breakthroughs.
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It was a July fourth no one expected. Happy campers, sleeping towns. The flood waters came as a surprise in the night. Lives were cut short, beautiful lives beginning to blossom. Experienced lives were ended. The shock, the sorrow, the waiting, the grief, the loss, the utter devastation. My heart aches with my fellow Texans.…
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