YankeeJock – Page 3 – Navigating faith, family & freedom, across the Atlantic.

Cadetship Advice

For anyone who is interested, I started the new year by moving into a new office. My little limited company now has 6 B2B clients, and 3 others who soon will be clients. I’m offering technical authorship, marine surveying, and…

So What?

In my latest (publishable) dream I was standing on the quayside waiting for my ship to come in. I had been waiting for this ship for a very long time. As I caught a glimpse of it on the horizon,…

Overloaded

I can only apologise for the recent radio silence, my friends. I’ve been a busy boy of late. It’s a bit of a shame that the cooler the stuff I do, the more NDAs and social media disclaimers I have…

Bearing Witness

I did once visit the Greenpeace ship, Rainbow Warrior. Not the current ship to bear that name, but it’s predecessor. She was an old Aberdonian trawler, cut down the middle and lengthened to accommodate various fast daughter craft on her…

Any Old Reason

It’s dim now, but what I remember most about that night was the physical pain. My mother woke me in the middle of the night in a state of total hysteria. ‘Get up, now! It’s Tony! He’s in the hospital!…

Venerable Documents

Why does the whole world have to listen to America? Why is everyone supposed to care about this place, no matter where they live on earth? What is so important about this society? And can’t we just ignore them? Aren’t…

Love in America

The covenant

Wishful Thinking

Please, close your eyes right now, and make a wish. Go on. I’ll wait. I think it’s worth doing from time to time. Whatever your heart really desires right now, can probably reveal to you all that is worthy of…

Fake News

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…

Panama

A pre-Covid Trip of a Lifetime

Hawaiian Conspiracies

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…

Eat Your Curses

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…

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