Hustle
The Perks of Being a Cleaner
While cleaning was never the planned career path, life tends to throw you some curve-balls. It knows what you need when you need it. And sometimes you need to just get down and dirty, grab Read more…
Hitch
Hustling
I toyed with my last euro; fingering it nervously. I carefully browsed the supermarket isles. What could I afford? What did I need? No, stuff that! What did I want? Chocolate? Chips? A piece of Read more…
Sail
Crossing Oceans
The world of blue engulfed us. Like good subjects, we acquiesced ourselves to her rule; her wind, her waves, her life. I’ve spent so much time at sea this year, it’s like home – being Read more…
Sail
Europe Bound
I perched on the bow watching Bermuda and the determination of my fate draw closer. The blues shifted from dark purple and bright ocean navies into the array of turquoises that are inexplicably unique to Read more…
Sail
Big Bear
Seven days into our five-day voyage we were still stuck in the windless doldrums and we had just struck half way… At the strike of midnight, after a tasty slice of homemade lemon meringue to Read more…
Sail
And then they said NO!!
The Americans said “No!” They didn’t want me. I’d spent most of the money I had left in the world on a visa* and without giving a reason, my application was denied. (No, they did Read more…
Sail
Hey Haiti
Haiti, a living postcard strewn among the Leward islands of the Caribbean. A land where the only thing more abundant than palm trees is trash. And the local greeting is “give me one dollar.” It Read more…
Sail
Rough Rides and Distant French Lands
Land ho!! We were only five days out of French Guiana, but the crew aboard S/V Papillon could not have been happier to see green tropical paradises looming in our path! This passage has been Read more…
Sail
Journey to the Other Side
We did it! We survived four weeks of the blues. And while that might sound depressing, I assure you that these blues were pure bliss. After a good fight wrestling the mooring ball for our Read more…
Sail
The Butterfly Effect
I was busy booking a flight to Europe when the neighbours dinghied over. “Do you want to come with us?” I thought they meant into town. But later that same afternoon I had moved all Read more…