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The Big Daddy Fear I'm Keeping
The Big Daddy Fear I'm Keeping
Fears. We all have them. And we’d sure like to banish them, eh? Our culture supports derring-do. We thrive on it. We make documentaries about people who face their fears.... Read more...
Why I’m Having Coffee With My Fears
Why I’m Having Coffee With My Fears
You might think someone planning to sail across oceans might be afraid of storms, pirates, or running aground. But as Colin and I prepped for the next phase of our... Read more...
Adventure is a Muscle That Grows Stronger With Use
Adventure is a Muscle That Grows Stronger With Use
My body flooded with adrenaline and I bolted up in bed. “Delete it now!” I said. “It’s a phishing scam. Don’t touch it! You didn’t accidentally click, did you?” Three... Read more...
Victoria Did, Indeed, Have a Secret
Victoria Did, Indeed, Have a Secret
The Time Traveler’s Guide to 1851: Women’s Undies Edition If you swoon for a good period drama full of 19th century dresses, from Bridgerton to The Gilded Age, you may... Read more...
With What Eyes Do We See the Soul?
With What Eyes Do We See the Soul?
Once I’d finally accepted that the only way to get Rulloff out of my head was to write a novel about him, I assumed the best way forward was the direct... Read more...
Getting to Truth, Through Fiction
Getting to Truth, Through Fiction
Once a seed like your great-great-grand-uncle murdered a bunch of people gets planted, no matter how much you want to ignore it, you're powerless against the enormity of the questions... Read more...
It Takes a Villain to Make a Writer
It Takes a Villain to Make a Writer
I didn’t start out to write a book about a serial killer—never consciously chose the darkest corners of the soul as a neat place to spend years of my life.... Read more...
2021—Here We Come
2021—Here We Come
You don’t need reminding that 2020 brought a heap of surprises. For the crew of Pristine, the year meant a series of unexpected pivots. Read more...
Sometimes the Real Adventure is Getting Home
Sometimes the Real Adventure is Getting Home
Just ask Ernest Shackleton. True, our Baja Bash didn’t involve icebergs or Southern Ocean storms, but the name of his ship could have been the theme for our more recent... Read more...
Love From La Paz
Love From La Paz
For Colin and I, the tectonic shift of Covid-19 revealed itself slowly, then all at once. We were a week away from departure for the South Pacific when Tonga closed... Read more...
It's Go Time
It's Go Time
Even if you’re not a sailor, you’ve probably heard that a tidy boat is a safe boat. That whole place for everything and everything in its place kind of thing.... Read more...
Putting the Awe in Awesome
Putting the Awe in Awesome
It was my first shift of our first night passage in six months and for the life of me, I couldn't figure out what was just ahead. Read more...