Chasing The Blue Beyond

California Years / Santa Monica / Pacific Landfall Harbor Without Moorings A Zen sailor comes ashore in Santa Monica and discovers that dry land moves too—only the currents are traffic, ambition, memory, and the difficult art of staying put. See Full Landfall Show Story The pier was a gangway that went nowhere. The ocean kept moving. I was the thing expected to stop. Landfall 01 California arrived as light before it became a place. 34° 01′ N / 118° 29′ W After years of measuring life in ports, gangways, watches, and departures, Santa Monica felt like an island that had forgotten to detach from the continent. The Pacific was there, performing its ancient work. Behind it, Los Angeles accelerated in every direction. The sailor in me trusted the water. Water announces its intentions. It darkens. It rises. It changes pitch against the hull. Dry land is more deceptive. A road looks still while carrying a current. A building ...

The Empire Strikes Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack- Last November, in the Middle East chasing sheep and today Same Day Different Year Sailing On Board Disney Wonder in 2011 and Holland America Noordam in 2012 The View from the Crystal Serenity after 110 Days at Sea 2011 World Cruise The Other side of the cliff- You could easily loose your footing, and the chalk erodes constantly with rainfall-

Keep Calm Cause Ship Happens. I always get an amazing feeling when I walk past a ship I have "lived" and worked on. The QM2 is no miraculous exception.  This is not your typical cruise ship. In fact, it is the last of the great oceanliners- passage ships designed for 12 months brutal Atlantic crossings NY to SO'TON. Her keel sits higher above  the water line, 7 decks instead of 5, which makes it cut water better and makes for a smoother ride. I Remember..... QM2  @sea July 2014 After 6 sea days, we took a voyage, not a cruise onboard the Queen Mary2. This is the shortest bridge between New York and Europe. Airplanes, afterall, are like diets - I don't like being on them . The QM2 allows dogs onboard-cute! The Queen Mary 2 comes to Hamburg every year.  For her tenth jubilee she got a special celebration. I took lots of videos, and posted them for my my friends on Facebook, but this one pretty much sums up the crowds enthusiastic response  as the flagship...

All Saint's Day is Halloween and Here I am at St Mary's Stadium where the Southampton Saints play  - that's real grass and those big things on the field are not only sprinklers but Grow Lights.