Life, The Universe, and Everything
Here's a longer video, with original music: https://youtu.be/nWycHLxqFTk Channel Islands, May 2018, Part 2 A biting wind blows off the ocean and cuts through my fleece like I’m wearing nothing. It’s 8:30 am, we’re anchoring at Fry’s Harbor, south of Santa Cruz Island, after jostling through six foot swells on the way here from our … Continue reading Alien Encounter
Channel Islands, May 2018, Part 1 When people ask me what diving is like, I often respond that it’s like lucid dreaming. The feeling of weightlessness, the constant, lazy swaying of the currents, the bizarre colors and creatures, it’s an experience totally foreign from life on land. Giant kelp forests are one of my favorite … Continue reading Flying Through the Dream Forest
Musings on “Ship of Fools” Listen to the song here Ship of Fools By Reaction Mass There’s a ship cruising through time and space It’s a beautiful ship, such a magical place Made of water and rock, filled with mountains and trees So much diversity you’d never believe Oceans full of the infinite blue Frozen … Continue reading We’re all Together on This Ship of Fools
Tomales Point, Point Reyes National Seashore, California April 14th, 2018 It’s 7:45 am, I suppress a shiver in the brisk morning air as the night’s chill rapidly retreats from the insistent California sun. I’m looking forward to this morning’s run at Tomales Point, a narrow, jagged, fingernail of land jutting out between the Pacific Ocean … Continue reading Swimming in Wildflowers
Ok, you just earned your Open Water certification, and you’re wondering what to do next. As a brand new diver (or a recent transplant to the area), it can be a bit daunting figuring out how to develop your diving in Monterey. Fortunately there are plenty of groups, shops, and resources to help you on … Continue reading Getting Started Diving in Monterey
I first heard of lifestyle design in the book The 4-Hour Work Week, by Tim Ferriss. In essence, lifestyle design is the concept of structuring your life to meet your needs and desires, rather than accepting the norm of working 9-to-5 for 40 years, then retiring and living the life you want. In Ferriss’s words: … Continue reading Experiments in Lifestyle Design – Part 1: Introduction
