A place for posts

  • The Hiccups: Navigating Emotional Waves in Cruising

    We’ve done it again, folks! Small World is back on her anchor and we are in a cove with some of our favorite people. All is right in the world! LOLZ Ignoring all the news that threatens to drown any semblance of hope for humanity that remains with me, our own personal reality is always Read more

  • Life Between Land and Sea: Our Seattle Summer Adventure

    Life Between Land and Sea: Our Seattle Summer Adventure

    We did it. We went home to Seattle for the summer, got jobs to try and refill the cruising kitty, and actually left to return to Small World again. This was the plan when we started cruising in 2016, and it’s the first time it has happened. Eight years in the making. Thankfully there was Read more

  • You can take the sailor out of the ocean…

    …but the tide still seems to have a strong pull out to sea. I’ve only been home in Seattle for a few short days and the emotions remain intense. Transitions are always challenging, and this time is no different. I have not escaped my classic flaw of wanting to live multiple realities at once as Read more

  • F*¢k Aground and Find Out

    F*¢k Aground and Find Out

    It’s all Dave’s fault. Bill, too. Definitely not my fault. I’ll also blame Navionics for not making waypoint coordinates editable. Someone at that company really needs to think about why they’ve made that coding choice. This all could’ve been avoided. But no. We ran aground. Hard. It’s not news for anyone following along on Instagram, Read more

  • Dingle it Harder

    Dingle it Harder

    I know I just wrote the last entry with a lot of poop references, and here comes another one, but I promise that this won’t be the exclusive content moving forward. So many people have come to love our little Weezy and it truly brings me so much joy when others are also enamored. And Read more

  • A Gramma Has to Ask

    A Gramma Has to Ask

    After 3 days of passage and 6 days of not showering, we made it to Punta Perico on Isla Carmen. The passage was full of things to note, but probably the most impressive and crucial outcome was the “How are your Bowels? A Gramma has to Ask” Jeanne Zawisza Memorial competition results. Defying all odds, Read more