The chaos in my life is subsiding this week. My friend and I have completed all of the joinery in my bathroom project, and 99% of the plumbing. My best friend has successfully completed his heart transplant operation and is currently sleeping it off. I finished the ECDIS navigation training course ahead of time. I’ve […]
Aloha to the illusion of history. I shouldn’t really be writing this. I’m meant to be writing a navigation training course for a client, for submission to the coastguard for approval next week. But I’m now becoming a person for whom the urge to write becomes a pressing question. No other activity can proceed until […]
I visited my friend in hospital on Monday. I couldn’t help but laugh and smile the moment I saw him. ‘It’s not good mate. I’m 37. Total heart failure’. ‘I know, but you’re alive, mate!’ We chatted as he passed in and out of consciousness. All of the machines that are helping the blood around […]
I don’t feel much like writing this morning. Yesterday, I found out my best friend (the sterile 2nd Engineer Atheist from last week’s ferry trip, who was my best man at my wedding, and my closest friend through high school), has suffered a massive heart attack. At 38 years old, he was unconvinced by the […]
I’ve returned home. After one month at sea, we proceeded directly to Ireland for a little road trip vacation. We had planned to stay with a friend, who sadly had to cancel at the last minute. We decided to go anyway, as the kids had been looking forward to it. Also, we badly needed to […]