Chasing The Blue Beyond

The Call · Around the World Getting in Touch With My Inner Tortoise Most of me is pure hare. The journey taught me that speed matters—but so does knowing when to slow down, stick your neck out and keep moving. See Video Ordinary World The Call Answer the Call Foreign Land Trials The Elixir Getting in touch with my inner tortoise—but most of me is pure hare. Field Note Stick Your Neck Out Sometimes the next chapter begins when caution and momentum finally agree to travel together. The Asymmetric Equation Patience + Momentum + Courage = Forward Motion Archive Images Tortoise Wisdom. Hare Energy. With Donate...

The Call · Around the World Getting in Touch With My Inner Tortoise Most of me is pure hare. The journey taught me that speed matters—but so does knowing when to slow down, stick your neck out and keep moving. See Video Ordinary World The Call Answer the Call Foreign Land Trials The Elixir Lead Story · Cricket at Sea Baseball on Valium Cricket is basically baseball on Valium, and I do not do Valium very well. Here I get things CaffeinatED. But I do lobsters. Headed back to the mainland soon—if this game will ever end. Forty-eight hours long! Joking. “Baseball has the great advantage over cri...

The Committee to Ascribe a Naval Origin to Everything Is Now In Session Give me a wide berth, I’m a loose cannon and three sheets to the wind. Anchors aw The Committee to Ascribe a Naval Origin to Everything Naval Origins Committee Anchoring every phrase to maritime history The Committee to Ascribe a Naval Origin to Everything Is Now In Session Give me a wide berth , I'm a loose cannon and three sheets to the wind . Anchors aweigh . There are three sorts of people; those who are alive, those who are dead, and those who are at sea. — Old Maritime Wisdom Welcome aboard this voyage throu...

See Video Australia Field Notes Foreign Land Melbourne Is an Outdoor City Crystal Serenity arrives in Sydney, the trip reports get shorter, the destinations get sharper, and Australia turns speed, climate, and casual generosity into one clean field lesson. Enter the Story Companion Story Australia Sydney Melbourne Foreign Land Field Notes Ordinary World The Call Answer the Call Foreign Land Trials The Elixir Blogging is literature in a hurry. These trip reports are getting shorter and sweeter, and so are the destinations. In America, only the successful blogs like the Huffington Post and Boing Boing are important; in France all blogs are important; in England no blog is important;...

Make A Wish Foundation Donation Supporting Dreams Making wishes come true, one donation at a time Make A Wish Foundation Got Some Dough Today Today marked a special moment as we had the privilege of contributing to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, an organization dedicated to granting life-changing wishes to children facing critical illnesses. Every donation, no matter the size, brings hope and joy to families during their most challenging times. "A wish granted is more than just a moment of joy—it's a source of strength that can last a lifetime." - Make-A-Wish Foundation ...

February 27th of this year Last time we docked here, was five months ago to the day, onboard Crystal Serenity. This time it's P&O Australia's Pacific Pearl.

 New York and I have decided to see other people- I Love (French)Bread too   Charles de Gaulle said  "How can you govern a country which has two hundred and forty-six varieties of cheese ?"  but when it comes to bread everyone in France, and even its loyalty   islands like Noumea agree-there’s only one, Baguette, We call it French Bread, but all the bread in Nouvelle-Calédonie is French .    Sure the whiter the bread, the quicker you’re dead, but there is this thing called the French Paradox-basically you have a grace period for your entire life where you can drink,eat smoke whatever and whenever you like, and then one day, you die peacefully in your sleep at the age of eighty-to ninety something.      Pig Farming In The Tropics (Fiji)  The D word-diets are like airplanes- I don't like to be on them-so I have been eating less  and enjoying it more.  I have even began eating Ham and Eggs--: a days work for a chicken; a life time com...