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This summer has had its usual times of pleasantries and challenges, some bigger than others and some less so, hardly worth mentioning. So, I’ll just focus on a few that brought up more contemplation about the control issues we all face daily, particularly aging and concomitant health conditions.   The first is my 65 th  high school reunion, which had 16 attending out of around 85 graduates. It was a good time to leisurely hear their tales of the past five years of living. Asi

― St. Lucia ― Martinique ― Dominica ― Guadeloupe ― Antigua   After spending a few days in Soufriere, St....

— to Bequia   I mentioned earlier that I’d say a few words about Hurricane Beryl’s effect on other islands north of the big island of...

— Arrival   Since my primary goal in heading south to my boat in the Caribbean is to get away from the cold PNW weather, I was amply...

The first stop in the nation of Grenada was Tyrell Bay on the rather large island of Carriacou where we checked into the country. Lots of...

A rather odd national name for my next stops—usually just abbreviated as SVG—consisting of one large, steep island and many small, hilly...

St. Lucia is a steep-sided volcanic island similar to Dominica in having recent volcanic activity and a high mountain peak of 3,120 feet...

Geologically, compared to Dominica, this island is much older and consequently eroded, being overall flatter and having more shallow bays...

Just south of the Iles des Saints, Guadeloupe (French) is the tall island nation of Dominica (English and Creole-speaking), which likes...

The focus of this blog entry is not really about Ginny, but about the control process that we all face multiple times every day,...

Since Desiree would be returning the first part of April before we had to move the boat back to Antigua for haul-out, I decided I should...

The first night we were in Guadeloupe, January 4th, we kept hearing different drumming occasions sometimes with call-and-response singing...

Every evening after the sun has set and darkness silently, slowly slides its curtain down over mountains and sea, I have the pleasure of...

Yep, that’s where we are, longing to be anchored out where the boat always finds the cooling wind and not the teasing drafts that play...

Often, it takes a bit of distance to bring the reflection of a visual scene into focus and to be able to evaluate what it is that is...

As I sit here at anchor in Falmouth Harbor, Antigua, with the morning sun up about an hour and streaming into the boat and the steady...

As I sit here trying to figure out how to write this, the Easterly Atlantic Tradewind is making the mast hum a low rumble as the warm...

In the middle of September, I decided it was time for me to take a little road trip. The weather was still warm but edging into...

("WHAT? You lost your mind?... But, wait... you're writing this blog post...") Hold it! Just a minute before you get too carried away,...

This September our high school class of 1960 celebrated its 61st reunion—the extra year added due to Covid 19 last year. It took place in...