What I Love About My Two Lives
I rammed my big toe into the bottom of my bed the other night. It was the first night in four months that I was attempting to sleep in my land bed. I knew, and ...
Ronna’s Blog
Viva La Difference: Smelling The Roses In Charleston
The boat rocked uncomfortably in the swells. Thunderstorms were predicted, and if there is one thing we are not fond of at sea, it is thunderstorms. We decided to divert to Charleston, forced by nature to slow down and smell the roses....
What The Land Of Plenty Can’t Give Me
it can't give me the moon at saa, the Milky Way, or Scorpio in a clear night sky...
Expect The Unexpected
We are learning to expect the unexpected, and we certainly don’t need pirates in order to have a little excitement. ...
The Real Pirates Of The Caribbean
We are able to joke, because the risk is small. But the risk is real and the consequences are huge...
From Book Club To Body Bags
Sometimes book club is not really about the book, but to discuss life-- and death...
A Stress Free Life?
Is there really such a thing?...
Sailing the San Blas islands
Mike and I are sailing the San Blas islands (Guna Yala), an island chain of approximately 380 islands, just north of Panama. ...
How To Eat Like A 50-Something Woman
“Try some of this delicious cabbage, roasted in coconut oil!”...
What Would Have To Happen To Make You Live Your Dream?
With each horror story, our minds scream, “live your dreams NOW, before it is too late.”...
If You Don’t Work, Can You Take A “Vacation”?
Even if we are not working a regular job, we deserve a vacation, and what better way than floating down a river on a hot and sunny day in Colombia? ...
Do You Lie When Your Doctor Asks About Alcohol Consumption?
I have thought about crossing out the word “week” on that form and inserting “day” before I answer, but instead, without a twinge of guilt, I simply lie. ...
If This Life Is So Perfect, Why Am I Unsettled?
We are not dreading work on a Monday morning, or sitting in traffic, or breathing in smog. So what's the problem?...
How To Get 10 Hours of Uninterrupted Sleep (and other lessons from a 3-day passage)
It's been decades since I slept like this......
Mental Prep For Going Outside Your Comfort Zone
I keep telling myself that it’s all about the adventure, and that’s exactly what we signed on for in this beautiful, betterafter50 world of ours....
Easing The Transition: Life On Land To Life At Sea
Before we even splashed,, I managed to break most of my fingernails, stub my toe, and get a mean rope burn on my right middle finger......
The End Of My Mental Health Break
I don’t know what made me pull my laptop out of hibernation today, I just know that I did it....
Swim, Hike, Rum
Swim, hike, rum… this kind of triathlon is surely not one and done. I can't wait to do it again...Now THIS is a triathlon I can get into!...
Did I Really Have Cancer?
What is it that allows someone to put a really difficult part of their lives away, to have large lapses of memory of the very best kind, to protect the mind and soul?...
Could You Be Around Your Spouse 24/7…on 49 Feet?
Sitting in traffic with Mike and squabbling these last few days, I reflected on why it's better living on 49 feet....