In 2012,  may we all become  like S. truncata that grow  flowers within their flowers,  and produce sweet nectar  in the floral chambers  of their heart.   SUSEA   &  GENE working hard in chilly Washington State, U.S.A.   MOODY   BLUES missing us, still on the hard in beautiful Grenada, W.I. But not to worry mon, we be there a.s.a.p.   HAPPY  NEW  YEAR  EVERYONE!  

There’s a unique freedom to being home. I open the front door, walk out onto concrete, instead of trying to walk on water, and go, go, go. I climb the trail and go to the post office, market, bank, bookstore, library, San Juan Bakery, Isle be Jammin’, Printonyx, Frank’s. Sometimes I go nowhere, I just walk and think and observe all the [...]

With Moody Blues polished, waxed, inside washed down with vinegar water, tin foil over the portlights, canvas over the hatches (from the inside) dodger down below, lines, sheets, halyards stowed, dinghy collapsed as much as she’ll go and covered (thanks to Kathy, s/v Indigo), locked up tight with Home Zone gassing her, Moody Blues has gone [...]