Yesterday marked the beginning of Race Week in the Los Angeles / San Pedro Habor.  Exactly one weekfrom today, on June 27th, the TransPac sailboat race begins.  I will be on one of the sailboats crossing the starting line and heading to Oahu on that day.  I am getting excited.  We had a new crew…

I have known my blessings from day one. The moment I opened a new chapter in my book of Life called Fatherhood I knew i had been gifted a beautiful reason for living. It was a storyline I knew I wanted before I even was given the means to see it realized. Of course, the…

Things change quickly in this life. This week my work schedule has shifted; what I thought it was, it wasn’t. I have not seen my partner for a week and I was only going to see her one day this week. Then the work schedule changed and she had to change her schedule to accompany…

I am grateful that things changed, and a family friend is joining us on Mt. Tam this weekend. I am grateful for the wonderful company & dinner I had this evening. I am grateful for the community I share in on the RJTF.

I am deeply grateful for my immediate family. I have experienced deeply gratifying interactions with all of them today. And… we all are hear via mi madre. Happy Birthday, Mom.

I am grateful that all is well in our family home. It ain’t perfect, sure – it is quite human though. And I am grateful that we are all doing alright tonight.

I am grateful for my brother’s post, it triggered a thought in me.  Those may be few and far between….LOL.  It is interesting, I do not watch the news or listen to it on the radio.  The only newspaper that I read is The LOG; boating news for California and the West Coast.  Lately I feel that…

I am a wet mess. I don’t live up to what I believe I am capable of. I waste time; procrastinate. I continually break agreements. I watch my mind and emotions shift and change moment to moment… nothing solid. Everything in question. I am a hot mess. I am grateful for myself.

Another day and well it was the same ocean; I do have a new scab on the top of my head though.  Here it is the first day of June and I am still waiting for the sun to make an appearance.  Yesterday I piloted a neighbor’s Forty foot boat over to the boatyard to…

Sometimes I feel The ebb and flow Closer to death; tickin’ That’s how we grow Inside, I’m looking I feel what I see A silence that’s washin’ Wash over me Gratitude is attitude Preachers and friends Tell me healing comes By making amends I’m going to stand here and burn Fools like me, we never…

This last Friday, the 26th of May, I helped a friend cruise their thirty-four foot trawler from Long Beach to Dana Point.  An easy enough cruise.  We were about three miles off-shore, cruising at eight knots per mile; the sky was overcast and there was a little swell coming across our starboard stern.  Somewhere between…