in a few strokes: Siddharta

[by Javier de Blas in La Rioja, Spain]  The river enters, polished and tame, skirting the floodable shore of the Ebro Park. Only the light of the afternoon seems to change, while this beautiful HesseĀ“s story comes to my mind.

Sailing Lake Michigan

[Guest post by Dave Worfel of Whitehall Michigan] My wife and I are retired and we spend summers on our thirty-six foot sailboat Amadeus. Home port is Whitehall, Michigan where weā€™ve kept a boat for close to 30 years. Whitehall sits on the shores of White Lake, which provides a channel to the broad expanses of […]

Messing About in Boats

By RĆ³isĆ­n CurĆ© in Baltimore, Co. Cork, Ireland Baltimore is a tiny fishing village in Co. Cork, in the southwest of Ireland. It is literally the end of the country, on the tip of the southernmost of those fingers of rock that stick out into the Atlantic Ocean. It’s the last stop, and it sure […]