Adventures in Sailing, Part 8 – Nighttime at Sea

Photo by Johannes Plenio from Pexels Adventures in Sailing, part 8 Nights on the Pacific Ocean were absolutely fantastic. The stars shone brighter than I had ever seen since the sky was free from any city light pollution. We practiced taking sights with our sextants. We were under strict orders to always wear our life jackets and toContinue reading “Adventures in Sailing, Part 8 – Nighttime at Sea”

Block Identified

Photo by Immortal shots from Pexels For years, I’ve tried keeping a blog, writing stories and poems, keeping up a journal, and writing large projects. For the most part, I’ve been successful on a scholarly basis, and in writing creatively for occasions – birthdays, anniversaries, and the like. But a sustained creative effort for completing a chapbook ofContinue reading “Block Identified”

Writing Anniversary

Photo: Pixabay / Pexels.com While most people were donning costumes, carving pumpkins, and trick or treating, I was silently celebrating the start of writing my memoir. On October 31, 2018 at The Owl Shop in New Haven, CT, I began this journey, thinking it would take about 6 months. Now one year later, I estimateContinue reading “Writing Anniversary”