Essays

Help Me, I Need a New Hobby

Improper ways of finding hobbies and paying strangers to be your friends

Nov 22 •

Don’t Die for What You Love, Live for Those Who Love You

When people drop a seed of wisdom that grows into a new way of being

Nov 12 •

Photo Essay: Boat Life in Black and White

Moments from life at sea. A photo essay.

Nov 8 •

Alexandra Essenburg

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Essay: When a Friend Becomes an Acquaintance

Can a friendship last a lifetime?

Oct 8 •

Essay: Volcanos Stand Alone

But we are meant to bond together

Aug 15 •

Essay: Fog Opens New Windows to Old Things

It is nerve-wrecking when you cannot see the danger, but it is a part of life.

Jul 23 •

Essay: Must We Choose - North Atlantic Right Whales or Lobster Fisherman?

Industry versus the environment or a false dichotomy? Is there a middle way?

Jul 12 •

Essay: Whales or Livelihoods - Lobster Fishing in Maine

We spend a day working on a fishing boat with two lobsterman

Jul 2 •

Essay: Let's See Them Before They Are Dead

Searching for coral reefs in the Caribbean

Jun 8 •

Essay: Risky Business, the Folly of Chasing Gambling Riches

Street Gambling in Georgetown, Exumas

May 29 •

Essay: Chance a Used Bookstore, Change Your Life

How a random book can launch a new chapter in a life

May 21 •

Photo Essay: Life is a Sculptor, Faces are Its Clay

Street photography in Brighton Beach, New York.

May 14 •

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