Resilience

Posted on by Brenda under Musings, Quote of the Day

David’s Aunt Suzie is 90 years old. She recently (just two weeks ago) had a heart attack and now sports a pace maker. One of the reasons we’re hanging out here in the Bay area is to be near Aunt Suzie. We never really had the chance to get to know her before. We’re amazed by her resilience time and again. After her heart attack, her social worker said that what has happened would have taken out a lesser woman–but not Aunt Suzie. With her positive attitude and outlook on life, we think she’ll be around a long, long time.

That reminds us of the quote that we put on the back of our boat cards. If you have one, turn it over and read:

“One can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one
is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested
in big things, and happy in small ways.” –Edith Wharton

Vimeo Video about Simply Living Aboard

Posted on by Brenda under living aboard, Pete's Harbor, photos

Simple. Living. Aboard a Boat from Schooner People on Vimeo.

Being close to nature, living a simple life, enjoying a close-knit community, having the opportunity to travel worldwide with your boat–these are among the reasons to enjoy living aboard a boat. Having an “anywhere” location-independent lifestyle, we really enjoy living aboard.

Recently, we have heard a disturbing number of untrue, negative statements–stereotypes–of liveaboards. What is most disturbing is that we’re observing bias in the attitudes of local public policy makers and enforcement agencies. Americans who are choosing to live a simple life aboard are marginalized by the towns and cities they take harbor in.

We decided to put together a little video with a few of our fellow “live aboard” boaters who identify themselves as: cruisers, voyagers, liveaboards and simple living advocates. We think you’ll agree with us–we are ordinary people, just like you, and if you care about the earth, the environment, and having a real community, then, living aboard–and voyaging aboard–a boat is a wonderful thing to do!

The video may be seen on Vimeo here: https://vimeo.com/52324027

Or on YouTube the video is here: http://youtu.be/h5DwDL8zgSI

Canoes, International Affairs, & the Warm Heart I’ll Always Remember

Posted on by Brenda under News, photos

Today, David’s father, Bob, passed away. We sit here in silence thinking of him–his laughter, his love, discussions of international affairs, and the countless days of wilderness canoe trips we had the pleasure of spending with him. We’ll write more, a better tribute to everything about Dad. But today a couple pictures. A young Bob on a canoe trip with his father observing the logging at Curtain Falls (Ontario, Canada in the wilderness that is now the Quetico Provincial Park) in 1943. A much more mature Bob, in 2001, on his last long wilderness trip–paddling with a young friend, Nina, and supervising David in the camp-kitchen cooking breakfast.

The Quetico 1943
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