We Are Bloody Doing this! We Have No Choice
I always knew it would come to this. But like everyone else, I just didn’t think it would come so soon. It’s peak hurricane season, and we’re hiding behind various …
Time for Plan Z
We’re on the move again. I think. The original plan was to wait out hurricane season before hitting the open Atlantic for a damn-the-torpedoes crossing to Montenegro; a country that …
What It’s Gonna Take?
Eighteen years ago, Elena and I found ourselves on a wide boulevard in Kyiv, Ukraine wondering what in hell we were going to do next. We’d just been attacked, beaten, …
WTF Just Happened?
OK, it’s high-time I step in with an update here. If you’ve been following our seemingly random track from Southeast Bahamas to who-in-hell-knows-where on the other side of the planet, …
Dodging bullets
So, we’ve survived our second night at sea! And actually, that would be our second day and a half at sea. Frankly, the nights at sea are easier to endure …
Reality Flash: We Are NOT Cruising! We’re Homeless
Crikey, it’s hard to admit that. It’s also hard to do. Like, what does one tell a border agent when jumping from one banana republic to the next every few …
Ahh, That Cruising Life
My passport is rumoured to be on its way. I have almost downloaded a vast library of software, sounds, instruments, media, books and reference material for use way, way off-grid: …
Closest We’ve Gotten to Shopping in Weeks
We’re down to rice, lentils and some dry beans. I believe we have some dried dates, prunes and almonds. Thus, we are good to put off a grocery expedition for …
A Scot in Canadian Nationality
Aye, I ken your bewilderment. You’ve heard me on the radio programmes, the podcasts and other media with a completely flat, Valley Girl meets Walter Cronkite type of accent. If …
Climate Change is not a Hoax; it’s an Opportunity!
Hello there, climate deniers. One question: Why? I mean, what’s in it for the climate hoaxers? Whether or not the climate is changing, what’s in it for any climatologist to …