Through the Magic Window: Sailing As Meditation
A funny thing happens, off sailing for days, or in the intensity of one long day with an assortment of …
Category Archives: Why Go Sailing
The Anchored Wind
The boat rears and bucks, on its tether to the underwater ground. The wind will shift later, around to the …
Just Because You Don’t Remember…
A number of years ago, when I was sailing the Falmouth cutter, one night I ended up in the drink. …
Brain Retraining On Board
Brain retraining is a set of techniques for promoting healing from long-term, chronic illnesses, and from various kinds of trauma. …
Swallows at Old Lyme
Goose Island, in foreground Now the end of this fall trip is approaching, and I’m back in the Connecticut River, …
Two Stories
So let’s get real, on the subject of fear. Now and then people say to me, or they say to …
Brain Retraining
This discussion of brain retraining is sort of about sailing, and sort of not. It’s also part of the reason …
Jewel Island
There’s nothing like January in New England to inspire a person to be a little over-serious. Serious is good too, …
Cog Dys and Cog Dis
For a while now, I’ve been thinking quite a lot about the subjects of cognitive dysfunction and cognitive dissonance, as …
Birch Island, in July
This post was written in July. Since then there has been some editing, and checking in with this friend about …
