Going home: Blacksburg, VA
In his novel, You Can’t Go Home Again the writer, Thomas Wolfe, said: “You can’t go back home to your family, back home to your childhood, back home to romantic love, back home to a young man’s dreams...
View ArticlePlanes, Autos, and Boats Pt. 1
Before traveling to Isla Providencia and Guanaja, I had never been offshore on a boat with no land in sight, I had never been to the Caribbean, and I hadn’t left the United States in almost ten years....
View ArticlePlanes, Autos, and Boats P. 2: Isla Providencia
Unlike in San Andres, the catamaran docked in the town center on Providencia. We disembarked, passed through yet another document check and found ourselves in the midst of town. Providencia is tiny....
View ArticlePlanes, Autos, and Boats P. 3
On Sunday, we set sail for the open ocean. We could see the water color change as we left harbor. Close in to Isla Providencia, the water changed between bright turquoise where it covered white sand to...
View ArticleAt Sea
The waves lap the hull then fall back on themselves disapating into sea foam. Lap, fold, hiss. The schooner rocks gently, cradled on a deep royal blue blanket spread past the horizon. My body, cross...
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