Origin Story
Every adventure has an origin story. This is mine.
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The Day I Discovered People Live on Sailboats
Act I: Entombed Of course not… What was I thinking? That was never going to be my life. Looking back, I can pinpoint the exact afternoon I made that decision….
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I Didn’t Realize How Much of Myself I’d Lost
Act Ⅱ: Adventure 0.5 The sailboat dream disappeared so completely that I never thought about it. Not because I had rejected it, but because I had interred it. Life moved…
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How I Found Momentum When I Couldn’t See My Future
Act Ⅲ: Direction I stopped walking. I still don’t know why. How long I stood there did I stand there? Time simply disappeared one warm Michigan spring afternoon in May….
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When the Dream Started Asking for More
Act Ⅳ: Course Corrections I was lying on the floor in the middle of my house, listening to the sound people always describe as a freight train. It does sound…
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My Entire Life Fit in a Ruby-Red Hatchback
Act Ⅴ: Departure I woke up on someone else’s sailboat. Not my boat. Not my future home. One of the sailors from the club offered me his race boat for…
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Holy Shit, This Is My Life Now
Act Ⅵ: Owning Who I Am The first morning in Brunswick felt surreal. I had actually left. There was no turning back. At the same time, it felt a little…
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Setzer the Boat Cat: The Quiet Rise of a Legend
A water-rescue kitten, two hurricanes, and the beginning of life aboard S/V Mearr Two days before Hurricane Helene arrived, I went out for supplies. And by supplies, I mean snacks. As one does. How very Southern I have become. I knew for a long time that a cat would one day be part of my…
The story isn’t over.
Act Ⅶ is currently being written.