A blogging-friend commented the other day that my writing reminds her of another writer's, and (with that sense of shame peculiar to a bibliophile when she discovers there's something she hasn't read) I immediately downloaded Anne LaMott's Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith. The action of downloading the book brought home to me, actually, how … Continue reading Nightmare
Expedition Journal #2: Fishing for a Photo Site
This is my second installment of playing with researching social networking websites and sharing the "field notes." After my first installment (Expedition Journal #1: Prospecting on Pinterest), a couple folks posed the eminently reasonable question of why we go looking for more things to fill our time (and Inbox) when we're already bombarded by so much … Continue reading Expedition Journal #2: Fishing for a Photo Site
History of a Helm-Hog
I got hooked on sailboats at a fairly young age, with some "teasers" of experiences growing up. I was nine when we visited family friends in the Netherlands, and their teenage son took us in the family's little wooden sailboat, poling from their back-yard canal to the nearby lake where he raised the sails... (My … Continue reading History of a Helm-Hog
Synchronicity or Swim
I wrote the other day that I "don't believe in coincidence"... but perhaps it's more accurate to say that I think coincidence is usually the wrong word. Synchronicity is the word I almost always apply to those situations when "coincidence" seems meaningful. Which is almost always. I like how my Sponsor frames it: "Coincidence is … Continue reading Synchronicity or Swim
Expedition Journal #1: Prospecting on Pinterest
When I wrote last week about growing a readership online, the one element I mentioned which I admittedly haven't been cultivating is the use of social networking. Getting into social networking can be a daunting prospect, given that social networking sites these days can be numbered in hundreds instead of handfuls... Still, I think it's past time for … Continue reading Expedition Journal #1: Prospecting on Pinterest
Cracking the Winter Chrysalis
I often joke that I'm a plant--I need my sunshine! The shamrock in our front window (inherited from my Irish great-grandma, and a decade older than I am) responds so enthusiastically to sunlight that you can almost see its movement toward the light when we open the curtains. My daughter says she's half-leprechaun, so maybe I'm … Continue reading Cracking the Winter Chrysalis
Buoyancy Control
The inflatable vest worn by a Scuba diver is called the BC, or Buoyancy Compensator. It connects to the diver's air tank, and can be used to control buoyancy---the level in the water where the diver wants to hover or cruise. Add a little air with the inflator button to rise slightly in the water, … Continue reading Buoyancy Control
Kana's Chronicles 