This is being written from my new residence in Arizona. I just finished playing nine holes of golf on the executive course that surrounds this complex. I am extremely happy! This is the begging of a new chapter in my life and I am looking forward to writing it; as well as the rest of…

This evening I was supposed to be navigating my way around Newport Harbor in a small Boston Whaler; this is the night operation portion of the Seamanship class that I am taking. Unfortunately this evening’s class was postponed due to bad air quality. There is another really bad fire burning here in Orange County. So…

Today I am very grateful to be starting a new chapter in my life, accompanied by the beautiful lady that I love! I am very grateful that we have made the first leg of our new journey together safe and sound. Now it has been a long day of driving and running around…so I am…

Yes I intentionally broke the words into two separate words. Today, in the United States of America, we are celebrating the Thanksgiving Holiday. I actually celebrate this holiday every day of the year and write about my thanks on this post twice a week. There is so much to be grateful and thankful for every…

This is what I am grateful for. The opportunities are gifts from heaven. The Challenges are learning lessons from heaven; sometimes I fail and have to take the class over. Both opportunities and challenges are ways for me to increase my knowledge and to improve my life. I am very grateful for every day that…

I have been taking a class at Orange Coast Community College this semester. The class is Boat handling an Seamanship; focused on learning safety protocols on boats and yachts. It also teaches basic navigation, how to handle a power boat, one with a single engine as well as one with two engines, (or twin screws)….

Have you ever had to walk, cross-country ski or physically exert yourself in a snow storm? If it is a blizzard, it is not an easy task. I ask this because when I think of some tasks in life, performing them is like walking up a hill, against the wind, in a blizzard snow storm….

Today I spent most of my day aboard a yacht in Newport Beach California and then at a lecture being held at a local Yacht Club in Long Beach California. Both of these events is furthering my education in nautical living. On the yacht I was learning about tending dock lines, using a windlass as…

I know that my faith in the creator has helped me a lot. It seems lately that I have been asking a lot of the almighty. I ask that my family and friends are kept safe and healthy. I ask for guidance and to be a better person, to make this world a better place…

On Tuesday this past week the third of November the United States of America held it’s national, state and local elections. The national elections were of importance because this year the office of the President was being voted on. If you are not a resident of they United States you may think that there were…

It is not as hard as you think that it is. Most of the hardship we create in our own minds. Then because of this self created hardship, we procrastinate doing the things that we should be doing to improve our lives. I am guilty as charged. I have a comfort zone, like most people,…

These past few months I have been working out of town and taking a class in Southern California; so I have been traveling back and forth from Northern California to Southern California every week. So today I am grateful for Southwest Airlines Mileage Points program as well as companion flight prices. This has helped me…