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A Day in the Life of a Gypsy
“You’re a gypsy?? So, what’s your average day?” Someone just asked me for the second time in as many days. I thought long and hard. “Well,” I replied, “it starts with waking up.” And because Read more…
“You’re a gypsy?? So, what’s your average day?” Someone just asked me for the second time in as many days. I thought long and hard. “Well,” I replied, “it starts with waking up.” And because Read more…
I’ve spent most of this year walking on water. Literally. And figuratively too. Most days have seen the impossible happen. A journey of trust, hope, faith, what most call “stupidity”. The few weeks of sailing Read more…
I had it all planned. Wait, that’s a lie, I had nothing planned. But I knew what was about to happen, how it was going to unfold… I was going to find paradise. I was Read more…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…