2026-05-11T13:03:37Z https://yabu.me wrack https://yabu.me/npub1vhcmj5mkhv6g84pvs9pxcuczqq7s8qs4y233h483shrucawyxstq4gdlzx https://assets.merveilles.town/accounts/avatars/108/233/339/655/441/471/original/8fd89e45d6a33333.jpeg https://assets.merveilles.town/accounts/avatars/108/233/339/655/441/471/original/8fd89e45d6a33333.jpeg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf3n7nm3qyy8zgcrcpk5qptrz9qt753etwk8dada6g062576xdjhczypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvls0afz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs00zpjwa2vtt4g8eecktuz82xn5qf69ajr52psjxhnslaqamnklkcv75sxz'>nevent1q…5sxz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>NO. I will be 80 when you turn 50 😆. I&#39;m 71. 2026-03-22T19:16:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswt7mh5ynju2jn83jd6w5z89cppyrsse5zdqzyyuh80vkvhljyqeszypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvggkl5t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspxn9nemyqgm08cm7w2r63ejj53sd0tjleev6rnk9vs393s26lk4gkcsg97'>nevent1q…sg97</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Happy 40th and I look forward to hearing that you manage 50 pull-ups for your 50th...I&#39;ll be 81 if I make it that long but I&#39;ll still be envious of your youth. [hugs] 2026-03-22T17:52:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy43fg45l9ln9p2em734r8tcsa4zwjcxv6u5llrh34ew2vxxyrmagzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvugupq8 If you&#39;re thinking about what to do with your summer, my friend, the Swedish artist and surfer, Peter Stridh, is offering berths aboard his engineless 10-metre sailboat/home on a series of daytrips and longer passages off the coast of Sardinia, between April and October. <br/><br/>Apart from sailing experiences (and lessons if you want), there are opportunities to learn about off-grid living, art-making, and healthier life choices (Peter is also a fine cook, using only fresh, organic local products) or simply to pursue &#39;la dolce far&#39; niente&#39; at anchor on crystalline turquoise waters.<br/><br/><a href="https://pinoseed.com/">https://pinoseed.com/</a><br/> <img src="https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/116/260/987/946/367/038/original/72f51a43b32c9171.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/116/260/988/304/303/014/original/b28ae6ec680095da.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-03-20T10:22:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvvmr59x5dey4huny66re8y60g6lqut3et747c76cfjz6y2cuwq8czypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvk9hpfe Photo by Dave Lyon<br/><br/>[from London Camera Exchange&#39;s Photographer of the Year Awards, 2026]<br/> <img src="https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/116/258/115/432/505/707/original/c1b927693ba8ea36.png"> <br/> 2026-03-19T22:09:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz764v0a8wzzn0esfeg7zvtcey0q0nn5l7mmmf54egyswpvjt3vaczypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pveq3lq6 Sicily is cold and wet and I have a brutal head cold.<br/><br/>&#34;So what do you think of it so far?&#34; my wife asks. We&#39;ve been in Palermo seven hours. 2026-03-18T19:08:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv54kmn3h2nff9ymm8qevpnzf5vlmt6dj3rshs5r2k90e6cnyvltszypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pv80dgzj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg5t3trl7gkw8r7lucxn20v03s2ljspkypl0gd583gtkuavt29cpgpvc7gh'>nevent1q…c7gh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Imminent alimony — he probably needs to pump his income up again. 2026-03-17T17:56:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrqx9c7hzx2ejx3ww5reed2vdynj94dfvne2jy0t0yhg4kecr5xpqzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvcjtwkf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgmmeqk6hvv7s3gv9jfq6a6qqyykf79sdncy5c53d7ysyvvd3tyycavak9h'>nevent1q…ak9h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s just Gaiman that aged badly. 2026-03-17T17:43:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxnkrhnad9csfhyvwa3dzjyqk2wzwj9tp0v8ngryt7y470pzu7r4gzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvnfgrgn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstuxaa6cu86ceh7dhqunca67qs4gu2c0cwqd9hav6qy4suqtux67qg6c075'>nevent1q…c075</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#39;whose&#39; not &#39;who&#39;s&#39;...&#34;whose collection&#34;<br/><br/>[hug] 2026-02-28T21:42:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdqml28uc0cumz7ncxwher58w6qkg2zhcrmdqvr97uyuy2g6pxrlczypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvtptrvt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8sud2rw0swe6smknue8un6appghuhj0g309peexz8tu0nf26tgzsc3rd0m'>nevent1q…rd0m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Done. 2026-02-12T19:58:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8fzw5d5a5huqw3dpqfxpkczhg08426er9jn7w7k09cw8vr57yh7gzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvl0q6ky My account here is being &#39;bridged&#39; to Bluesky. How do I stop that? 2026-02-12T19:45:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8k6dqsp0sjvp753a352ld842tzgcfq8q86wm3mdp2zplfdaxt9gczypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvcc8309 &#34;The time has come to stop, to stay in one place — if not a home, then at least a long-term refuge or bolt-hole — and shape a different sort of life, no longer peripatetic but persistently still.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-voyage-in-search-of-home">https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-voyage-in-search-of-home</a><br/><br/>My wife: &#39;We need somewhere to start again.&#39; At our age, that might be the biggest challenge of all.<br/> <img src="https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/116/000/473/701/210/244/original/1143e7d819747175.jpg"> <br/> 2026-02-02T10:09:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvk63jp62y42tvxvn4mj638snr4rd5tathnglezwy58vl4rdk99cqzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvg2q0wf When I&#39;m ill, my advancing years weigh heavier on me. I become aware of my increasing invisibility, my irrelevance, and it sucks the life out of me, out of any inclination to try to stem the slow but inevitable decay. I&#39;m gripped, instead, by an urgent desire to accelerate the process, to erase myself. <br/><br/>I&#39;m already being erased by others. Today I discovered that I&#39;m no longer included on lists of &#39;interesting&#39; reading or resources by a handful of younger people whom I admire and who once saw some value in my observations and experiences. I understand it, but it still hurts. 2026-01-20T16:22:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstgc38ljmvfuk7h87qww0w90qrw26supq7xd35q5mj4zwp0xxtdrqzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvvu7mph In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxzv94q596elxrerj5yy7u9t330m0mhx68zwwlhnag758pjpqu2ns9ukgqu'>nevent1q…kgqu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#39;Sewing&#39;, not &#39;sowing&#39;. (Sorry.) 2026-01-17T04:49:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszw3yhhvz6wv2ma7aexj39967v0tlaejxe6fdxrd8wgcyw2w7qveqzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvlkgwtq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdcuc56l4canvjkwvkeg2r9kezavuxgrtlf8w3ekpyhkz27ls36fqly3705'>nevent1q…3705</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah, never leave gold on the floor. 2026-01-08T06:21:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9kus47ywk62xkeqfeqeuupxwgs7u95v3x35p6rht62exdu30wunqzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pv0qezfa And so another bloody year begins. 2026-01-01T09:07:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst7guujjw0fxhmzlwqpqw9cf37ephe5nkx594pv4jmxrc2xg4w4xqzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvnsg95r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy6ntsjmxsrrlngtmvp2u2ljsl9fcvp4sxj03zvmz0fn2vfyj667s68l43q'>nevent1q…l43q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As I wrote, I didn&#39;t think we had options. It has been a marginal existence, a matter of old age and geographical displacement, and our health has had a significant impact, particularly in the past 18 months, but I love being back on the water and *that* has been restorative, inspring, and challenging (the longer passages). I am, by nature a sea-dweller, a waterman (hell, eight of my paternal and maternal great great grandparents sailed on square-riggers to Australia from England, Ireland, and Newfoundland in the 1830s) as much as I am a traveller. I&#39;m never quite as &#39;whole&#39; when settled, especially ashore. <br/><br/>Despite Wrack&#39;s age and sea-worn condition, I suspect we&#39;ve had less problems than those you&#39;ve described aboard Pino (although Wrack is nowhere near as pretty). Her hull and decks are heavy lay-ups, the keel fully encased. She needs a solid force four to sail well but she&#39;s a reliable and surprisingly dry beast when the sea is up. Her rig is low profile, modest and over-supported. Her sails are old but well-maintained. The engine had a &#39;moment&#39; at the end of the long passage to Sardinia from the Alboran Sea but we&#39;ve serviced her attentively and by and large, she&#39;s been trouble-free. <br/><br/>She&#39;ll probably need a major refit at the end of next season but by then, probably, so will we. <br/><br/>Our biggest problems, with the boat and our lives, in the past few years, are rooted in our poverty and lack of social support (public health, pension, etc.) and adequate income. We&#39;re doing our best to change that. 2025-12-19T20:06:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdlhkg5eegtlvd72km3nc9rh87y59hm63udjkq5dzku6qzl877njgzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvlhpjv2 Why did my wife and I move aboard Wrack in old age? <br/><br/>Being homeless and out of options was part of it but I was also haunted by my own words in this 2021 interview for Anna Iltnere&#39;s When I Grow Up project, in which I described myself as a &#39;castaway&#39;.<br/><br/><a href="https://beachbooks.blog/2021/10/20/kids-sea-library-castaway-c-c-ohanlon/">https://beachbooks.blog/2021/10/20/kids-sea-library-castaway-c-c-ohanlon/</a><br/><br/>There&#39;s also this, <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1z2cvkdv4e89xpe5v6rl93vud3fm4mxxygcr3s6xfxrf52u4k34gs8tlaft" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>R E K</span> (<span class="italic">npub1z2c…laft</span>)</a></span> and <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1z8rjwhwhg8dna3cq0uz6hded2rdqlegj7lrvcs7s0zd56yj9fdasfgmrq6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Devine Lu Linvega</span> (<span class="italic">npub1z8r…mrq6</span>)</a></span>:<br/> <img src="https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/115/746/141/569/968/571/original/471b5b4901048544.png"> <br/> 2025-12-19T12:08:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszy0aadzv7a7ehypp72lkvap3895ax894m9ym8x3pj38nyafghljqzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvaqtfhx Anti-fascist activists and poets, Mary and George Oppen, aboard the small yacht that was their refuge (and means of escape) during late 1920s/early 1930s, sailing from Detroit, across Lake Erie to the Erie Canal, then down the Hudson River to New York City.<br/> <img src="https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/115/737/427/403/940/294/original/7ee9e484e1e82313.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/115/737/428/175/310/302/original/be248aa2c7c2e2d9.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-12-17T23:10:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfkat6r4899p2gx3ce7tw4nug6j6fwvxuf69guglql6hpxwvugy7gzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvm9m2pd We finally got Wrack&#39;s 25-year-old Volvo Penta 20hp diesel back online this afternoon. <br/><br/>My wife, as the engine started and idled without a hitch: &#34;The African Queen is BACK!&#34;<br/><br/>Next up, some troublesome electrical issues — a rat&#39;s nest of old wiring behind an antique switch panel, an inaccurate, legacy wiring plan, batteries set up in three different spaces, a half dozen, dead, unmarked terminals — but hey, at least our alternator is charging again. 2025-12-10T21:12:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswmslk6kun7s0dygr50mkv7lqmd2hhdra3asdzglnw3v6282s6qlczypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvnhezjg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgca0jah508n0du4l8ax43mtrj9wnfa3674tp8kquqzcxear4lycqfzxg7t'>nevent1q…xg7t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>His felt a lot harder and vulnerable. (You might remember, my father is quoted at the top of the first chapter.) 2025-12-10T12:57:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsplphwpt5u0zxws0q2whngkcjlhl5l4fl92utyxdl6yjejlskjklgzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvrhs5rt I am ill — serious flank pain, fever and nausea, blood pressure up to 160/88. <br/><br/>Given wants me to go to a hospital but I can&#39;t be arsed so I&#39;m curled up on my bunk reading a biography of Lancelot Capability Brown. 2025-12-06T17:44:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfjv8dcay09uzh74lcax4qp72aay2fgqe7v0gszrrk8374kwm4xhgzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvp9c4y5 A painting (acrylic on canvas) by Lee Madgwick.<br/> <img src="https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/115/661/608/587/534/235/original/3f45f3076d4bb770.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-12-04T13:50:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsql55nljlrh6y76jd32aw4sd2f38nwsgtyfwy49umlzjhgtnnrfugzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pv859zue In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs89adejl87ysxqngaxuwlg7lu3yexrlpzp6wdv2ttx44l4cgy25sg0smrkk'>nevent1q…mrkk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Usually the front desk will oblige...if they have one manned 24 hours. 2025-11-30T21:45:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrh8pdndt4pj0uqcm293dcxa30q684nt5r8xmnlvwfzmrzrm9xyaqzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvqnyrhm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxatfh3xte2e8fhjxhet4p9nw9kqpekzfa42g33u40qk4yqmjs2jc9qntk5'>nevent1q…ntk5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>No, they did. They just won&#39;t admit they did. 2025-11-29T07:18:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswkc7dl3kfmxm26fl7w52e9m9zemxlpsyfrfjjn3ggf2xmtgkc88qzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvctzf9z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsta2depagsyh4ys8jt59ygx79lvglvkupnx4ulnprj8v38qjjhzmc307r9x'>nevent1q…7r9x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Most who watched it back in 1965, when it came out, are likely dead. Or maybe it&#39;s like Australians and &#39;Crocodile Dundee&#39; — noone wants to admit it. 2025-11-29T00:31:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswlnm3e72xz38rapygrf5wuqaj0rnycl9938xq62e9jw5d3ge3edszypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pv68dm6g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswkn43xfg4anng0lzpdtjxqjxqek4w3r00kawgvuv4t9t6ce7mrmqps69jg'>nevent1q…69jg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I might appear to be the last guy who should offer critical (if somewhat glib) advice like this, but I was once CEO of a couple of well-known, hip companies and the burn-out crippled me and damaged my family so badly I chose to live a broke-ass dirtbag life rather than to put any of us through it again. 2025-11-17T19:58:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfvyedszvytdg5zxnskdjdmgk7859tavfl2vr90aqwy9lq5k0pqyszypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvla2qch In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv4p7ln64hsyh26k8uezlr4rl237spzsxmacx2j9ggqjj9vyrltfsna4rut'>nevent1q…4rut</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Quit. 2025-11-17T18:59:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrjf25hldhlht6zzu3ljzt2x74nxshqlj9zgqh0ywuw89xtd9afjszypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvfgjj76 My wife and I are sometimes asked why we named our boat Wrack. <br/><br/>When we bought her she bore the name Endymion, after my least favourite of John Keats&#39; poems (&#34;A thing of beauty is a joy for ever...&#34;). For a while, I thought about changing it to Ibn Majid, after Ahmed Bin Majid, a legendary fifteenth century Arab mu’allim (navigator) and poet. But I liked the hardness and lack of sentimentality of &#39;wrack&#39;, as well as its visual and aural proximity to &#39;wreck&#39;.<br/><br/>Wrack is a seaweed, usually one of the brown seaweeds of the Fucaceae family, that is uprooted by storm seas or strong currents and eventually washed up on beaches or entangled with tidal reefs. Wrack is also the scattered debris of a shipwreck. <br/><br/>Wrack is defined by having been broken somehow and cast upon a shore.<br/><br/>Our Wrack is a hard-worn, scarred, old vessel, but sea-kindly and sound. The name isn&#39;t a reflection of its history but rather that of its crew. Before finding refuge aboard, we had washed up several times in unlikely corners of the world, clinging to the wreckage of previous lives.<br/><br/>Which is to say, we are wrack. 2025-11-08T12:50:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9ezf6gtwpj0a689srdt0nj75k842j5k5jh5le7356d7he5wxnpzczypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pv59f6qa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxjgdkt0l9h4el5nvqs7hpj64grwuyff925at3gdfjys0z8mveadgcvzlm0'>nevent1q…zlm0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I agree. 2025-11-05T11:12:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs270u2hl9h7y5tr7xqukks74uhs9resyfmgehl9epgy0hqud3kjvczypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvppxt5z This evening: lightning and torrential rain over Cagliari, where we and our old sailboat, Wrack, are berthed for the autumn.<br/> <img src="https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/115/380/475/716/134/822/original/7d45bdad2bec877a.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-10-15T22:13:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstpzv5jf62rt8l93rxl4l6gwpwpdl6k9dn2pyf853h42xtd4x47vqzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvne2ej0 A phone conversation with an officer of the Polizia della Frontiera to see whether I might claim ‘force majeure’ if my health keeps me in port (and within the Schengen zone) for longer than 90 days. Their response was positive and sympathetic: “Your situation is a definition of ‘force majeure’. No need to come to our offices. Show your hospital papers when you’re at passport control, leaving the country. Until then, rest and recover.” 2025-09-30T13:42:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8854wq402xtl00sq3489467mccwha5pljmfzr062x6eupljsfm2gzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvkg406k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs023q0gv0s70gzf822tf9mck763nzghkxy87ft9yfgg30l9gx0tzcr9muum'>nevent1q…muum</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Very possibly. I’m so old, all my clothing choices look like some kind of askew cosplay. I was going for Captains Courageous, the 1937 version with Spencer Tracy, but the Crocs spoil it. 2025-09-28T23:49:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9ye3smr8cq4galhfre8uz9y057p77ue5uhfymtxdwx5cgyf6ph9szypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvvd26hw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs09600qf9z2cdw2fq3klr4p0g697f9s8v8323f0wnqwqdmnzexygsm3a69m'>nevent1q…a69m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>oh, for a disposable camera… 2025-09-28T16:57:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspnym33em8r30zuxe2w7kapxeus4v8wdvxt03q2gy3ge68pdsjyrgzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvyf4zuz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs925h8d2947vhs34a2q8dyu90d8d5mwc3vnnerftavxlga8sm2l5gs4xerk'>nevent1q…xerk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh, no. Nothing so sporty and waterproof. An ankle-length, oiled canvas, brown Dri-Z-Bone Australian stockman’s coat with a fleece-lined hood. Fleece-lined grey Crocs, no socks. Beneath, flannel pyjama pants over fleece-lined track suit bottoms and silk long-johns by Ermenegildo Zegna (a gift from my late mother). On top, a knitted, Irish oiled woolen jumper over a Portlandia-like lumberjack shirt and a long-sleeved t-shirt. My style guru was the late Vito Dumas of Lehg II fame, who wore a similar long oilskin coat and wrapped his body with old newspapers for insulation. 2025-09-28T16:34:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd873jufd9vatcn54au859v2t39y324l8zv20mygmdz9g2cgm27eszypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvhx5zhf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspuaphzs7ulgj0rhc4ugt9phy8s8dgra0725dvve7jq7e0v5azctgxwdf2h'>nevent1q…df2h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My mix ‘n’ match foul weather gear makes me look like a discount rack in a thrift store. 2025-09-28T10:10:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyj67z6dmr5dlh4dwxrqyhfa0rl0jtfkhqmc9kxc2s3emlpjyzkdqzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pv4ln4wd &#34;Since Hasan and his team of reporters don’t own or use computers, the newspaper is handwritten and then photocopied. But they also believe writing stories by hand...makes the paper feel more intimate and brings their community closer.”<br/><br/><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/8/30/our-story-a-day-in-the-life-of-a-handwritten-newspaper-in-bangladesh">https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/8/30/our-story-a-day-in-the-life-of-a-handwritten-newspaper-in-bangladesh</a> 2025-09-22T17:05:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0sekygpgqptzzfql85ps3ylayhw89g6dvfezlutsmnpmz57w5swczypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pv468r7z “Everyone must believe in something. I believe I&#39;ll go canoeing.”<br/><br/>- Henry David Thoreau 2025-09-21T16:08:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswr0aqpl0sncxgaf3t37rx8mpuwuj4h0cq79met36h5n8jevx67hczypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvz03wtt Because of our engine issues (and a consequent lack of money), we’ve missed a narrow weather window to sail to Rome. We’ll lurk around the Gulf of Cagliari until the weekend, then head into Tyrrhenian Sea. 2025-08-25T22:15:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsznqf5gjcsfl7835kg5l5u8h5trreukqftyv6kf2n8s96dar9vfuczypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvx02hk4 Full moon setting, as we weigh anchor this morning for a 20-mile leg up the east coast of Ibiza.<br/> <img src="https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/115/002/835/366/039/749/original/32814bc42b9539ca.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-08-10T05:34:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0xp5ld0v0vupvlxz5rh9kn57s6afyeeywjgflu9dm6gxqphccq8qzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvmr37ar Ibiza, finally.<br/><br/>Landfall at dawn, today.<br/> <img src="https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/114/986/982/150/070/344/original/e24b2fef89a2ff8c.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-08-07T10:24:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxlvc0y3qe8v9lt60j57vtqwzkk2zwx3kefkmu5dhr6y0qln07dgszypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pv6m2mt8 This time last year: leaving l’Aberwrac’h, in northern Brittany, aboard Wrack at dawn.<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/114/792/766/559/659/868/original/3cc109a704e438a0.mp4"></video><br/> 2025-07-04T03:13:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0z9n599uzg2su22fgtgvyr09sdysn9c990tz5d65kclyl08hulcqzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvfywyfu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9zenyud78z4aw2jluhs8jlkhfw5q4uftkp2sry4whfxk6k9fvrtcql8a45'>nevent1q…8a45</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>9.00am, and it’s 30°C. 2025-07-03T08:15:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9zenyud78z4aw2jluhs8jlkhfw5q4uftkp2sry4whfxk6k9fvrtczypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvnkcs77 Aquaman: our Swedish dock neighbour Peter checking the growth below the waterline of his 10-metre sailing boat. <br/><br/>As hot as it is here, only the foolhardy (and Swedes) brave the Black Lagoon-like waters of Almerimar marina.<br/> <img src="https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/114/788/197/657/151/161/original/54ba1bddc9768ed0.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-07-03T07:51:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0r3hgjz59v2uf8frs9enahqnm5upvjpts8ejcjdcsj3pe493twaqzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pv0062r0 &#34;is there a german word for &#39;absolutely worn out with contempt&#39;?&#34; <br/><br/>– <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1a7fdqqu939779wcnd580dyw7xuh2ne62ndwyva7rqvfz6uzt8vuslhw4vs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>M John Harrison 🐀</span> (<span class="italic">npub1a7f…w4vs</span>)</a></span> 2025-06-02T20:16:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspxf4c6yuwv9t8xnaxnsz9xaypcden0wtkhjr4fjdznf6jd6g6tugzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pv2mg77r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8tjwjh6ulhw5haj0vam24lng7s7jec3lu4uyqpfk48uamx9zr9sqwjuprh'>nevent1q…uprh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It works fine. And if you look at the total volume of water aboard for a week to ten days sailing (across Western Med), there&#39;s a large reserve. <br/><br/>When I first sailed long distances it was aboard a small volume 24-foot boat. 2 litres a day was all I could carry for 4-6 weeks at sea. Even on the dock here, in 26ºC and harsh sun, we use less than 10 litres a day (we shower ashore so that&#39;s not included) and it feels profligate. 2025-05-27T21:50:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspu74ptejpkfap09uaughuvev44c2n8pnzf3jtmvt56w39v9v2cdgzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvwpvm03 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdfuwshg7uzqh4x5htnxzs9e7npmdy6t4p2rd3dpgjs5suule6decverfe9'>nevent1q…rfe9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Just read about your water management aboard Pino: 10 litres per person a day? I presume that&#39;s on the dock? When Wrack&#39;s at sea, we limit ourselves to 2 to 2.5 litres a day each for ALL purposes (cooking, hygiene, drinking). To cross the Med from west to east, we&#39;ll have 100 litres in jerry cans — 5 x 5 litre, and 4 x 20 litres plus 50+ litres in 1.5 litre bottles. 2025-05-27T21:37:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxdnag2gwrjjf0dxyaks8xmrrf79x83ffx7tw6hzrktnse9ywgdgqzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvfzev3s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq7w6j5m9h3wxxwfahv76hwe9ajcns3wrya3n4ecftqwkhkfrngnczt2v6q'>nevent1q…2v6q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nah. We have an ice box. We buy three bags from a convenience store, store perishable foods for three days on it, and then use the last of the ice for our iced coffees.<br/><br/>We don&#39;t even have hot or cold running water, or a water tank. We have food-safe jerry cans all through the boat (plus bottled water). 2025-05-27T19:20:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxraywmnceh43972qpujswy4vfmcsuvl9xndxd5lr0cf23jk8g20szypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvm0rsll In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsya0p6nx4tp9cmj5xkezp0fwsgavhr69vvw3nfxjenrl9rvu36e7ganft94'>nevent1q…ft94</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We&#39;re into the days of iced café lattes, taken below, out of the sun (not even June and it&#39;s already 26-27º in the late afternoon). No wind. Balmy sub-tropical nights. 2025-05-27T17:52:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgzzp2k82xnrpekeqzmxxskfspq5v4fm876p6y502sz02q0wryctgzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvl6xnt2 A reminder that a former chairman of Nestlé, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, once dismissed the idea that we should have access to water as a basic right as &#34;extreme&#34; and argued that all water should be privatised and access to it controlled by corporations. 2025-04-13T21:52:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsved7qkjl9a440r7mqy0yvveukafvqdwrfswugyyxgpdgwj2s97kgzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvln4ghd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgdqwz8awver2nfh0c4dfqf8teg392sl8s9vqhg5g0z8e96fnfdnstcj7tu'>nevent1q…j7tu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And learn how to use them so you can be there for others. 2025-04-08T16:06:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdwmqfwjy6amgvduzfvust48y8q4xj3yd5qce7lt4ju4agvp0pduszypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvu528rc Rhino, Namibia, from the series Land of Nothingness, 2016. <br/><br/>Photo by Maroesjka Lavigne.<br/> <img src="https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/114/273/791/494/602/197/original/7fb47805b2c42d8d.jpg"> <br/> 2025-04-03T11:28:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqrva93s8w7e3wd0a0tn6l0cxyyxlfv29qcc7fxpjczjs2200tgwqzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvewzr6k “We’re all assholes, more or less, otherwise the world would be in much better shape.” <br/><br/>– Bernard Moitessier 2025-04-03T03:34:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdjw2g753zkt0rnx9lr6saycfv0z52ged888ts2x9nmsplpxsrgqqzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pv6jdmel In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8ntytqudp9al63at4wj4jurqrapcmmx3p5qhq26t8u7u2sy8565gsjarh2'>nevent1q…arh2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>When are you going to reveal where Pino is heading? 2025-03-25T16:25:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9803q0llxkq73mq7nx4s25ul6lmtpdmuwke5k6gkqmznkqq266pszypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pv6njdym In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8ntytqudp9al63at4wj4jurqrapcmmx3p5qhq26t8u7u2sy8565gsjarh2'>nevent1q…arh2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>April/May before the fierece Meltemi (northerly) of the summer months sets in. We would sail via southen Sicily, then up the Aegean — few stops. Given would come because there are plenty of ports with good hospitals and anchorages (if needed, for rest) en route. We already have a free mooring in Istanbul (miracle!) as well as in Marmaris. <br/><br/>My son is quite well known as a video director there (he divides his time between Istanbul and Rome) and he loves the place. He has also found a lot of work as well as opportunities to publish, exhibit, and connect. We would live with him in a rented place but spend spring, summer and early autumn sailing. The Turks would give us residence, health care (Turkish nedical and dental is pretty good) and other social benefits as part of my son&#39;s residency. I don&#39;t expect I&#39;ll live long enough to find America as welcoming or as inspiring as I did in my youth and that saddens me. I do love North Africa, the Eastern Med, and I was raised in southern Italy. The Med&#39; is about as good a home as I could wish for. 2025-03-25T16:24:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0kpuuq7ufgaduwpz2vdwfw3a4zk2c3d3dsdta7x9ndzk9530q48qzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvy092hk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqms0fch485ut2uvhsg6feva2u0vp4t745pk2ylx23705dy2dsvxg20scsc'>nevent1q…scsc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Both voyages are long — but the trans-Atlantic, if we have to do it, would probably begin in October with a couple of legs (along the coast of Morocco to Essaouira, then on to the Cabo Verdes) then a wait to cross to the Caribbean in early December. In the meanntime, we&#39;d loiter around the Western Med and try to live mostly on the hook. <br/><br/>It&#39;s a couple of thousand miles to Turkey but there are literally thousands of anchorages for rest and shelter for us both.<br/><br/>As for the preparation, Wrack is a very minimal boat: strong, basic gear, primitive electrics, ok sails, but she lacks self steering (I got rid of the ancient, unreliable Aries) and solar power and both will be essential for what would likely be a singlehanded Atlantic crossing (Given would have to fly ahead — her heart is now too unreliable for a long passage). 2025-03-25T15:38:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrg797v309wu60avv3t0svc83hfhfjdzmxe4kk7agea3sv3g87zwgzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvtdty9n A flurry of activity along our dock: the westerly gales have subsided, for now, and an Atlantic high has brought clear skies and light winds for the first time this month. Everyone is readying their boat for sea.<br/><br/>Some are departing as early as tomorrow — our young neighbour, a Swedish singlehander, is loading aboard stores, bricks of beer and bottled water, and cooking gas before he heads north-east to Ibiza in the morning — others, we among them, are finishing repairs and refits with an eye to departures in late April.<br/><br/>We are working on two voyage plans: one across two thirds of the Mediterranean and all of the Aegean to Turkey, which depends on the outcome of the current upheavals there, the other south west across the Atlantic. Both have a terminus in a home and legal residence ashore (and consistent medical care for Given) but there are some bloody hard months — and thousands of sea miles — between that and where we are now.<br/> <img src="https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/114/223/601/705/764/909/original/d4e4be0354f2ddcf.png"> <br/> 2025-03-25T14:48:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz7vfynvjm9ez7d67sdefyg4kd5mxy9xlfcf7tqa43p5s6r3ze9uszypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvs5qmq5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2e4lk3hmfwp7u7l8w0sy9wqmrhllx9z62gy4kmlxt9m34aslz70qrfkm8k'>nevent1q…km8k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;I have made an art out of the indefinite. When I was young, if you asked me what I did for a living, I might try to discourage your curiosity by telling you I was a a deckhand on a fishing boat or a small-time criminal, a standover man or a fence. And I might actually have been, then. Nowadays, I am retired. No-one is interested in what old people do.&#34; 2025-03-23T08:56:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2e4lk3hmfwp7u7l8w0sy9wqmrhllx9z62gy4kmlxt9m34aslz70qzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pv0aykcz &#34;The drift is not for everyone. Uncertainty is pervasive. If you need to know where you are and what you’re doing there, you are probably in the wrong place. And yet it isn’t about self-negation but rather an imaginative form of self-reliance, an embrace of the uncharted and the relentless unexpected.&#34;<br/><br/>[for <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub15l5sqtujdks7h2kzeu9stt6pslynycqr0hgavfeqv0n898y0n4qqwyuqg8" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>l̸̹̍̀a̸̜͋̐͜k̴̼͗̽͆̈́ḛ̵͗̈́ͅ</span> (<span class="italic">npub15l5…uqg8</span>)</a></span>] <br/><br/><a href="https://ccohanlon.tumblr.com/post/675902122938744832/notes-on-being-a-life-artist">https://ccohanlon.tumblr.com/post/675902122938744832/notes-on-being-a-life-artist</a> 2025-03-23T08:43:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswkl3zs6asefr36dr0uf64ssamupwnzmrqg8rk4ufk0d4g3hgz85qzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvaepk4m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyy32vfzanp3a4hplssvftgzcxxhdy4pyvfj6r7k0dfpzfs7299gsewpkw5'>nevent1q…pkw5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;Birthdays are ghost bounty hunters that track you down to ask, &#39;Que pasa, baby?&#39;&#34;<br/><br/>– Jim Harrison, author<br/><br/>Warmest wishes from Given and me — our hopes for many, many more years of inspired creativity and adventure. <br/><br/>[hugs] 2025-03-22T18:19:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfawtzw8yjwymuctp3edprh8qedydqjt6437036yutrz5r54hjz4czypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pv23d9f4 “I am a citizen of the most beautiful nation on earth. A nation whose laws are harsh yet simple, a nation that never cheats, which is immense and without borders, where life is lived in the present. In this limitless nation, this nation of wind, light, and peace, there is no other ruler besides the sea.”<br/><br/>– Bernard Moitessier<br/><br/>[from his book, The Long Way, 1974]<br/><br/>#theLibrary<br/> <img src="https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/114/190/865/679/426/346/original/0e110dc17faf22c8.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-03-19T20:07:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx5560tg86xprcpe9nhglru870g9hw2h7ya8k3sfu0xdqlwkutddszypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvjc9uza “The problem is not to find the answer, it&#39;s to face the answer.”<br/><br/>– Terence McKenna 2025-03-15T22:27:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfek7l0n0wf5uzq4wsvu896svz7wl484rsf2e0qyfyvskxujf92cgzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvwfrlek A huge squall looms at dusk (over Puerto Almerimar, thirty minutes ago).<br/><br/>Light rain and violent sou&#39;westerly gusts for a few minutes, then...nothing.<br/> <img src="https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/114/162/304/896/532/030/original/b171776a67f149f8.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-03-14T18:58:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8u6udqnlxq27sjxuqhhsw889qaqkqvpyhsytv2ynkk2wgsch4a5szypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pv5frsa5 &#34;When you want to build a boat, do not start gathering wood, cutting planks and distributing work, but awaken within men a longing for the wide immensity of the sea.&#34; <br/><br/>– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 2025-03-08T10:04:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr7gdluv50df8hzae6tl5fwu73zquhdjks9lse7rvmarw3ymexwqczypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvqnu553 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgntevz3dklzn0vk0hgr8n8esz36dshexaw854cecyetqd9ftgflcnxh5nm'>nevent1q…h5nm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Our sea-bound life is precarious and often physically challenging, but it still offers us more than we had ashore, including shelter, community, and mobility. And while we&#39;re striving to achieve a modest self-sufficiency and stability, we survive now thanks to the support of others. 2025-03-06T13:31:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgntevz3dklzn0vk0hgr8n8esz36dshexaw854cecyetqd9ftgflczypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pv4cvkzj Two years ago, my wife of 37 years and I escaped homelessness aboard a sea-worn, half-century-old sailboat named Wrack.<br/><br/>Still untethered and adrift, our slow voyage has been plotted between imprecise waypoints, episodes of misadventure, and random, short epistles here. <br/><br/>We are currently at the north-eastern edge of the Alboran Sea.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-voyage-in-search-of-home">https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-voyage-in-search-of-home</a><br/><br/>#introduction<br/> <img src="https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/114/112/268/667/644/035/original/b958b9d195241f16.jpg"> <br/> 2025-03-06T13:30:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvh6fpd3w6cwcv2y3drldq2v3h5mq5x36m9dng8yey6lppqsft20czypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvl5cgce &#34;People have been asking me lately about countries that fell into an authoritarian abyss. They want to know when the tipping point will come....What are the effective ways to resist?&#34;<br/><br/>An unsettling essay by Andrea Pitzer, author of One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps.<br/><br/><a href="https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/heroic-work-from-ordinary-people">https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/heroic-work-from-ordinary-people</a> 2025-03-02T00:56:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgpz4fjdtd4jfa5j60y5xkvk3ztr8wu4tet5y3y7whs32vq5z4cdczypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pv4n6z99 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxjz28d5s7qxcpuekdtyqxxh8zrvscqkyl39hsfp5j60p6pgkecvqelpyjs'>nevent1q…pyjs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Me please. 2025-02-26T15:26:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxnuzav3yucts9s36d4x4rdjhfdgr7985lee5t6fm2ca5lchl479czypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvfazqp7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsry3hstwwklypxu7rgfrk9se3rf8gn9w6e68wm54cxh7yazw3vs3sag5esc'>nevent1q…5esc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh. Please don&#39;t give my wife ideas. 2025-02-19T17:04:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxgml4d2npp6darslj0w8s0ncmgqylrtfztujp8dc4hfq48nhkn2szypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvqju6hy My wife began the day with a project to rid Wrack&#39;s lockers in the saloon and galley of mould. By mid-afternoon, she&#39;d demolished 1.5 metres of rotten plywood shelving and cut out large scraps of mildewed vinyl lining. <br/><br/>Wrack&#39;s cockpit looks like a builder&#39;s skip, filled with debris. 2025-02-19T15:28:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstw5rqs3wvv9y908antp80p35k7ce39ktrg8xvrr9yhrryfjfx9wqzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pv6vqsrh I don&#39;t like writers.<br/><br/>I grew up among them. My father was a successful novelist and no matter where &#39;home&#39; happened to be, the presence of other writers (and editors and publishers and agents) was everyday. Half a century on, I have scores of acquaintances who describe themselves as writers but I think of only a couple of them as &#39;friends&#39;.<br/><br/>I don&#39;t trust them. I learned at an early age that there was an unsettling disconnect between what writers say and what they set down in words. Joan Didion once wrote, &#34;Writers are always selling someone out&#34;, especially if it enables them tell a better story. The world in which my<br/>father lived most happily was in his own head, not the messy, unplotted happenstance of real life,<br/><br/>Writers are rarely as good company as they like to imagine. Maybe because they tend to be alone and cloistered when they work, they&#39;re unsteady in social interactions. They&#39;re either awkward or overbearing. With booze and a bit of attention, they can be hard to shut up. Plus you&#39;re never quite sure if their conversation isn&#39;t just a rough draft of some other dialogue, or a chance to try out fragments of unrefined prose, to get a sense of how it ‘plays’ with an audience.<br/><br/>My father was always alert to the effect of words, his own and others&#39;. Like a stand-up comic, he&#39;d sometimes hit on a seam of new material as he talked and immediately start re-working it with showy erudition. A lot of writers do this. The trouble is, too many mistake their facility with words, mere inventive vocabulary, for real understanding of, or insight into, well, anything.<br/><br/>I suspect this is why there are so many writers&#39; conferences and festivals. Of all the arts, literature is the one that most likes to talk about itself, even if, too often, it feels like it&#39;s talking to itself.<br/><br/>I can&#39;t explain why I still love books. They&#39;re important to me, an essential presence in my life. I suspect it&#39;s down to my father, again. He taught me, by example rather than explicit instruction, that if I was after the truth, books, not people, were the best place to look for it. 2025-02-16T19:12:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9vzl5kkpakzhpqjy73g7xkldhv03pvxp7e2k7c4vmxaw0kqdtnaqzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvc9zu6k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2s4gjh7q87ua3c6ftvva38fh0ychhvxn9dvtaahg6g6mtdv3xnsqetvw5j'>nevent1q…vw5j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Exactly. 2025-02-15T16:27:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2468c38q7uqr99w37nk7nxqzl9m99w3ky5rrlwa86pd3m58yqg9czypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvpdm3rk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspw0rkkwusfaew6r2v44vylepvyzfpw6acsavrh88g8pdvw9g5n4gv9sduf'>nevent1q…sduf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In the first six weeks of ownership, we removed 500 kilos of rubbish, broken and/or redundant gear that the previous owners left aboard. We also reduced our personal luggage from five expedition duffels to two. It took a further 12 weeks to work out how best (and most conveniently/drily) to stow what remained. 2025-02-15T16:15:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfal5ka3tc3jwvajf26065kq7hd7ag7un7dyz2jnxr5ss8hf8s0nqzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pv2ra4sp <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1z2cvkdv4e89xpe5v6rl93vud3fm4mxxygcr3s6xfxrf52u4k34gs8tlaft" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>R E K</span> (<span class="italic">npub1z2c…laft</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1z8rjwhwhg8dna3cq0uz6hded2rdqlegj7lrvcs7s0zd56yj9fdasfgmrq6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Devine Lu Linvega</span> (<span class="italic">npub1z8r…mrq6</span>)</a></span> A reminder of my first day aboard Wrack...<br/> <img src="https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/114/007/708/539/792/273/original/3863cc20da9d5090.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-02-15T11:40:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswxsv839qpxajkcw9d6s0ud8j3kld5p59qmvq2r96rhjwqqhjf5qqzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pv0qmla5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs905dp8hu8awta7nep9ksj8an0al56dthylrejz9jhnqd5whxj2asrnrre9'>nevent1q…rre9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>May there be 9 years more, all as adventurous, productive and inspiring (to yourselves and to the rest of us — <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1z2cvkdv4e89xpe5v6rl93vud3fm4mxxygcr3s6xfxrf52u4k34gs8tlaft" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>R E K</span> (<span class="italic">npub1z2c…laft</span>)</a></span>&#39;s writings were the midwife of our two years and counting aboard Wrack ) as these past 9 have been. 2025-02-14T20:10:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs04e4qzgl6wtqw8drd2assvtl28nqyju28cvznh6la8yw8uemcnvczypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvq5h8rl 2.35am: too restless to sleep, reading <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1z2cvkdv4e89xpe5v6rl93vud3fm4mxxygcr3s6xfxrf52u4k34gs8tlaft" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>R E K</span> (<span class="italic">npub1z2c…laft</span>)</a></span>&#39;s &#39;log&#39; at <a href="https://kokorobot.ca/">https://kokorobot.ca/</a> . And I&#39;ve just come across not one but two mentions of the GoFundMe set up on our behalf that I&#39;ve somehow missed on previous scans of the log. And now I&#39;m deeply embarrassed because I should&#39;ve/would&#39;ve thanked her. Especially as her words were gentle, understanding, and kind and both my wife and I really need all three right now. So thank you, <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1z2cvkdv4e89xpe5v6rl93vud3fm4mxxygcr3s6xfxrf52u4k34gs8tlaft" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>R E K</span> (<span class="italic">npub1z2c…laft</span>)</a></span>, from the bottom of our hearts. You are a rare and inspirational soul. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-voyage-in-search-of-home">https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-voyage-in-search-of-home</a> 2025-02-10T01:52:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstqk58nc62xw2ggvy2y7vn6k2nx2uqvtj84flaczkhrc3zxk9f5tszypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvpmum9x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0sg5yrc0xpw4qlhe734w7e0rpc67kllvhtu5vpxrz2dtrlvhgr6g2r4qqq'>nevent1q…4qqq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I am so not a high latitudes sailor anymore, as much as I&#39;m enchanted by the *idea* of the PNW — these days, I embrace my sub-tropical upbringing (plus my wife&#39;s half Polynesian). I don&#39;t even own foul weather gear. 2025-01-18T17:48:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr4w6pq5fd5n9kgs45xxcr5tcanyj8y0lsqndp2yn9vutck9uva3qzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvra70gh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9r2lsfwu9vy4zqz449dhezqewctr66c3nf8sqyvpwg72cvkvld7cm4ewx3'>nevent1q…ewx3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I bitch about the cold — and keep a heater running below decks when the sun sets — but the daytime temperature is usually around 15ºC. Of all Spanish cities, Almerimar boasts the most hours of unclouded sunlight a year.<br/><br/>I still feel bloody cold. 2025-01-18T17:20:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9r2lsfwu9vy4zqz449dhezqewctr66c3nf8sqyvpwg72cvkvld7czypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pv6ek8kz Dusk as seen from Wrack&#39;s deck, Almerimar marina, Spain.<br/> <img src="https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/113/850/440/178/552/543/original/dca1e7b95cc9389a.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-01-18T17:06:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxjqgxhf4eqcj8glamw3hxtpg7e6ztu8twfudaqmffj4ajrgggx3qzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvtt6gag In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstlmlpacz3huscjv3fmmd0qyhe7eg9umem7g3ssre9v6hzt8hpdzcd7ukvs'>nevent1q…ukvs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So am I! I&#39;ve always wanted one. 2025-01-09T15:10:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqyz4wxz98m4l02dfmpnr3mztje406wh0zuyvvzjp84cnhjt3u9cczypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvvdf5wd <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1z8rjwhwhg8dna3cq0uz6hded2rdqlegj7lrvcs7s0zd56yj9fdasfgmrq6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Devine Lu Linvega</span> (<span class="italic">npub1z8r…mrq6</span>)</a></span> Envious of your Voigtlander 35mm rangefinder (via #izzzzi). 2025-01-09T09:36:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstmr2s6thw5kk2yx6lchhdk8qt2l79mdxwf9hsvzg9erp7zveacdczypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvk4an9a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0s7mjm6uw09h8ndglpe6xmwp8f84smed4zgskezuacw7mz3myghq6wln6y'>nevent1q…ln6y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The latest we could even leave by early December (from Tangier). 2025-01-01T16:45:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs90acs9jtffpmyed43q3kqcq2ry85aerpq0d26gawglzy4s6pyj5szypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvfhp490 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszhq0a3zrhpvttyf0lk2e409m4eyfvzpg36jq69zng9rug8fz9f5gpfhftg'>nevent1q…hftg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>An idea...you join us/me aboard Wrack in late October and we sail to the Caribbean, maybe up to the States, via Morocco, Canaries and maybe Cap Verde Isands. (Seriously). 2025-01-01T16:33:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9vcd7gu4xtswvq2amd86yfqwq5clmt9p2asre7daca62qym2668szypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvecezdx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswwcqur5py0ceycgae5fdlygmyycwtyd22p7rx9j2qxzvrr9yfhaq7qegfx'>nevent1q…egfx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If only... 2025-01-01T16:23:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxya8u02yn2n898stfjs0vkawz2w5ssth7lv9222e9up9fj9le7gczypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvqjmwf5 A new year, a new #introduction<br/><br/>I live with my wife of 37 years aboard a half-century-old sailing vessel.<br/><br/>Old, untethered, sometimes adrift, we navigate between ill-defined waypoints, close to nature, on a slow voyage traced by episodes of misadventure, vague marks on hand-wrought maps, and random, short epistles from everywhere/nowhere.<br/><br/>We are currently wintering afloat at the north-eastern edge of the Alboran Sea. 2025-01-01T14:36:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdv6mj940r4r3hh543pw30gxwl6yscdsechzr6e2qhynwq3jny9qgzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvvygnpv Ugh. <br/><br/>A glaring error in my post to izzzzi.net today: yes, I do know how to spell &#39;artisanal&#39;. <br/><br/>[sigh] 2025-01-01T12:58:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq27mcfpx07z3spn4du8alpfsx777a524slsd64eqmauh2dvndnegzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pv7fffs7 We are ‘celebrating’ New Years Eve ashore, in a hospital in Ejido, just north of Almerimar. My wife’s heart went into atrial fibrillation late this afternoon and she had to be taken ashore by an ambulance crew. She’ll undergo cardio-version to re-start her heart in the next hour or so. 2024-12-31T22:19:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyn4jn0rkj2vvref7ncq382ge50gd599ku7gnnajy02w8qsmvm22gzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvjx9d5h Sunset, Almerimar, southern Spain, this evening.<br/> <img src="https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/113/743/832/481/261/500/original/6acb034527e1252d.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-12-30T21:13:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyw2dumvmsat2ryqxfxj9pnkzj5hy9v06uuud9pf64dmern8rjspczypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvkh8zu0 &#34;Let&#39;s keep all the hatches shut, get cosy, eat a lot, and watch Christmas movies.&#34;<br/><br/>– my wife, this morning<br/><br/>Happy holidays, everyone. 2024-12-25T09:16:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszutsda2aes42yphjsvpvquzz7an03jtfmf23j4lahnyesmtfnlugzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pv63wpwt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsphv9ma35k86d8p2p0cfkhnrnd7njqzkredgwk53pgalajpz88kcgdt28en'>nevent1q…28en</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sorry, I was sure I saw your byline this morning but no, I can see no post at all. 2024-12-20T15:19:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2wdfkuphdg3ekuhf858aljtqjrm0umcd0mcv2hsld9kn9zrq8s3gzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvdtuwpr I rarely pay any attention to sailing&#39;s so-called influencers on YouTube — <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1z8rjwhwhg8dna3cq0uz6hded2rdqlegj7lrvcs7s0zd56yj9fdasfgmrq6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Devine Lu Linvega</span> (<span class="italic">npub1z8r…mrq6</span>)</a></span> and <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1z2cvkdv4e89xpe5v6rl93vud3fm4mxxygcr3s6xfxrf52u4k34gs8tlaft" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>R E K</span> (<span class="italic">npub1z2c…laft</span>)</a></span>&#39;s Pacific dispatches were a rare exception — but I have nothing but admiration for Chris (a.k.a mysto) and Ke’ili (a.k.a ‘ili’ili), the Ethnomads. With a friend (and fellow Hawaiian), the young couple sailed their minimally equipped, 26-foot, Wharram-designed, open-decked Pahi double canoe — a very small vessel — 2,600 nautical miles across the Pacific, from Newport, California, to O&#39;ahu, Hawaii.<br/><br/>To quote famed Hawaiian navigator, Nainoa Thompson: “Itʻs in the blackness, itʻs in the cloudiness, itʻs in the times that arenʻt easy that you grow, that you become the best.”<br/><br/><a href="https://ethnomads.substack.com?r=17xh2f">https://ethnomads.substack.com?r=17xh2f</a> <br/><br/>A raw seven-part video about the voyage conveys just how tough it was:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO8VxWZxHJLLw7lv0OVbuVRxD07YV2AC7">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO8VxWZxHJLLw7lv0OVbuVRxD07YV2AC7</a><br/> <img src="https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/113/664/150/610/338/165/original/013d2beabf05e596.webp"> <br/> 2024-12-16T19:04:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstpq4pte5yth508twkkrxkh5etahk33x6dv50xrhq7nxe8q4rr5cczypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvmfe7wh A stray impulse: <br/><br/>I just joined izzzzi.net as &#39;tidalpunk&#39;. If you&#39;re there too, let me know and I&#39;ll follow. 2024-12-12T08:03:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs27dnmklpt8h32zt4jg4hzw92vfwxrqll5ru8r5c7cvxuvsv3c2mgzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvj5jf7g A reminder in these weird times: principles of adult behaviour, from the late John Perry Barlow (1977)<br/><br/>1. Be patient. No matter what.<br/><br/>2. Don’t badmouth: Assign responsibility, never blame. Say nothing behind another’s back you’d be unwilling to say, in exactly the same tone and language, to his face.<br/><br/>3. Never assume the motives of others are, to them, less noble than yours are to you.<br/><br/>4. Expand your sense of the possible.<br/><br/>5. Don’t trouble yourself with matters you truly cannot change.<br/><br/>6. Expect no more of anyone than you yourself can deliver.<br/><br/>7. Tolerate ambiguity.<br/><br/>8. Laugh at yourself frequently.<br/><br/>9. Concern yourself with what is right rather than whom is right.<br/><br/>10. Never forget that, no matter how certain, you might be wrong.<br/><br/>11. Give up blood sports.<br/><br/>12. Remember that your life belongs to others as well. Do not endanger it frivolously. And never endanger the life of another.<br/><br/>13. Never lie to anyone for any reason.<br/><br/>14. Learn the needs of those around you and respect them.<br/><br/>15. Avoid the pursuit of happiness. Seek to define your mission and pursue that.<br/><br/>16. Reduce your use of the first personal pronoun.<br/><br/>17. Praise at least as often as you disparage.<br/><br/>18. Never let your errors pass without admission.<br/><br/>19. Become less suspicious of joy.<br/><br/>20. Understand humility.<br/><br/>21. Forgive.<br/><br/>22. Foster dignity.<br/><br/>23. Live memorably.<br/><br/>24. Love yourself.<br/><br/>25. Endure. 2024-12-08T11:41:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdsy4lsjp49swj02p42nqcw2yxwyepwzvam0ermh23jcde4u4um3qzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvjkyfk5 Sunset beyond the breakwater at Adra.<br/> <img src="https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/113/610/969/720/808/268/original/e43a1496fb968366.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-12-07T10:05:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgdk507w8u98pa4l9fuz7z8ag3zrp3fw8uvw26qz4j4x020v35l0czypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvt985tr This afternoon, sailed 25 nautical miles along &#39;el mar de plastico&#39; in southern Spain, a coast covered by thousands of acres of plastic polytunnels fast-growing thousands of tons of fruit and veg for Europe&#39;s (and North Africa&#39;s) supermarket chains.<br/> <img src="https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/113/601/651/961/232/543/original/1a69f5d0e6777b8d.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-12-05T18:37:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd5w6acaf82q3y6v4g2xvvd2yv3ye0qge07w7jxmty6k99jayah6qzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pv9hzzrn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs09ywjcjl5nd7qp68nj5ud0hf35a3u2gh0dx3pphswz0chvhh7clqm48czd'>nevent1q…8czd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Too late to worry about it now. 2024-11-30T18:32:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq8yaspc9yjndd0ttq9u2l25zh4lqcrhqs4hycxy503gf4yttmj7qzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvypr54p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8nc7fl46v0lyqy3ljzxt7l3m0q4zmdhsvse46627k20t9k5w0p8qtze2cu'>nevent1q…e2cu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah. I feel the same about writing (and I&#39;ve written and published so much). I am pretty much persuaded that seven decades of wandering are my only authentic form of self-expression 🙃 . 2024-11-30T17:46:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvr79xxl9p6lztthgnezjaa4lpe63kv0rcxktd384032h27neuzrgzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvjda590 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9d0myetjq4hwt6e048sl3a0hyyy3d06uraulgrx6lsw4q3gnlp3csz334u'>nevent1q…334u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I came to regret it. It was utterly without use or purpose. I WISH it had changed me. 2024-11-30T17:36:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxwg8xrlcqnkxx4wsllyn5awgkz4f8jr7xujffjrjd3ft8tv8gtxgzypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvp2ut0c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9re9jqs2w0dpmet9pfgphtfud0jpnq2lwrfha607njlnz52fzd2s9895j4'>nevent1q…95j4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It used to be that I documented my days obsessively: daybooks, photographs, video, scraps of super8 film, and even hand-wrought maps on which my wayward courses were meticulously traced in ink. Embarrassed by their meaninglessness, I incinerated the lot in a skip in sou&#39;west France a decade ago. 2024-11-30T15:01:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9re9jqs2w0dpmet9pfgphtfud0jpnq2lwrfha607njlnz52fzd2szypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvlv76z3 Years ago, someone — a friend, no longer a friend — used to tell me that if anything I did was art, it was &#39;transience&#39;: this unrooted, unreliable life-in-motion that has persisted for 70 years and yet, apart from random wreckage strewn along its serpentine path, has never had any real substance. 2024-11-30T15:01:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswlxlhsw52q36jw2nyezagsshnvzj0ufpraus8pufz7q37xfynlcszypjlrw2nw6anfq759jq5ymrnqgqr6quzz532xx757xzu0nr4cs6pvv86wkx There are days, more frequent in recent months, when our homelessness and lack of purpose weigh down on my wife and me and we begin to unravel — just sixty nautical miles from Tangier but a long way from anywhere we want to be, missing our kids, our boat in need of repair, this was one. 2024-11-30T08:17:29Z