I read two books in April: My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell, and Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane. Here’s my review for each.
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Update to Our Cruising Plans: Coronavirus Edition
When Garrett and I set out on this cruising season, we had the goal of transiting the Panama Canal by April 30, 2020. That isn’t going to happen anymore. We’ve been sheltering in place at a marina in Nicaragua for 45 days, hoping that Costa Rica and Panama might open their borders and allow us to move south. A lot of that hope was lost this week, so, we’ve made other plans. Click here to find out what we plan to do next.
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Meet the Cruisers: Tara, Patrick and Everest of S/V Pandion
In this installment of Meet the Cruisers, we meet the Franz family: Patrick, Tara, Everest, and Salty the pug! They left the Bay Area in the fall of 2019 and have been cruising around Mexico on Pandion, their custom-built 68’ 1972 aluminum hull cutter rig. Click here to read how the Franz family got their start with sailing, what made them want to cruise, how their funding this lifestyle, and more.
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Quarantine Letters
Letters written by women across the globe during the 2019-20 Coronavirus Pandemic. Read about the experiences of women who are about to give birth for the first time, facing isolation on a sailboat in Nicaragua, have elderly parents to care for, mitigating the disruption of work and regular life, trying to stay occupied during the suspension of school, and, above all, are just doing their best to stay healthy and sane during this crisis.
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Thisldu Book Reviews: March - American Royals, The Trust, Summer of '79, The Jetsetters, and Anna K: A Love Story
Reading has been my salvation this month. You know what I mean? In March, I read five books: American Royals by Katharine McGee, The Trust by Ronald H. Balson, Summer of ‘79 by Elin Hilderbrand, The Jetsetters by Amanda Eyre Ward, and Anna K: A Love Story by Jenny Lee. Below are my thoughts on each.
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