My first “First-Mate” emailed me that my last report to you about his soap washing was tantamount to “bashing” him. It appears I violated his code of ethics . But, if I had wanted to “bash” him, wouldn’t I have at least given his name and occupation? “Bashing” obviously wasn’t my intent. So, I explained… continue reading »

The human animal is a cantankerous beast. He pretends to try to get along with his fellow creatures, but really all he is doing much of the time is biding his time until he discovers a way to differ, then he attacks his companion of the moment in some obliquely unnerving manner to assert his… continue reading »

San Diego, California, USA . . . Skippering a 37-foot sailing vessel from San Francisco to La Paz, Baja, Mexico and return is a hard job. In February of 2015, I guided my boat, Wild Goose, under the Golden Gate Bridge and set course to Monterey, California, my first planned port of call. The lessons… continue reading »

I just watched the entire one-hour rally Trump held in Arizona. For the first time, I begin to see the rough outline plan this man is presenting that attracts his audience. It is disappointing that while his message exhibits several valid grains of truth, he is so rough around the edges, that he exhibits such… continue reading »

Americans do not much take to heart the practice of self-examination. You don’t find them often sitting cross-legged in the posture of meditation, allowing their minds to calm them from the habitually frantic pace of acquiring money and things, in order to listen to the thoughts their minds are obsessed with. Inner reflection is considered… continue reading »