Those cliffs in the beach are called scarps. They’re a result of rapid erosion and usually happen within one tidal cycle. Stiff winds and strong longshore currents are responsible.<< MORE >>

I’m a firm believer in celebrations. They are an expression of gratitude, and gratitude is an essential component in making our dreams come true. We must first be thankful for what is before we can invite the what is to be into our lives.<< MORE >>

“On approach, it became instinctive: throttle back, prop on full, mixture rich. Check the flaps. Check the wave pattern and look for the wind. No landing gear to worry about, just those big old floats underneath." As in flying, so in life. Here's a story about a long held dream manifested, a trip to Islamorada for a celebratory lunch, and how to make your own dreams come true.<< MORE >>

I struggled with my lines, tangled as they were. I sailed in seeming circles until navigating by the stars made sense. I questioned the necessity of brightwork. But in the end it all made sense.<< MORE >>

Until I myself moved, I never quite understood how a person could leave their home and start new in a completely foreign land. Now I get it. It takes courage and faith and a love for our dreams.<< MORE >>

Instinct told me to get a stick and knock it to the ground. My heart told me to leave it alone. And so I did. And then I questioned the desire to destroy it at all and came up with the only answer that made any sense. Fear. It scared the wits out of me.<< MORE >>

The Outer Banks are a string of barrier islands off the North Carolina coast. Beautiful, rugged, and individual,they are to me about as creative a hotbed as Key West. In fact, it is on these islands that I wrote my first book.<< MORE >>

It wasn’t until I entered that quiet place of my walking meditation that I saw it. Tracks. Out of place. Unrecognizable, yet strangely familiar. They almost looked like snowmobile tracks, something I had seen many times living in New England. Then it hit me. They were sea turtle tracks.<< MORE >>

Andrew Zimmerman, host of The Food Network’s Bizarre Foods once ate squid tentacles immediately after cut from the body and while they were still squirming. He said he could feel the suction cups doing their thing.<< MORE >>

Twenty five years in New Hampshire taught me many things. What it didn't teach me was how to prepare for hurricanes.<< MORE >>