panama

last winter on the boat was tougher, more grim, than i expected - i vowed not to repeat it.

so this winter i have done two things different

i set up some house sitting gigs between december and april to give me some respite from puget sound

and, in mid january, in the nadir of the seattle winter - i spent a week on the Caribbean sea.

this does not mean that my will is broken or that the dream is over -

this just means i am refueling - that is all.