Waiting - dan
I’m standing on the deck of my vessel, looking forward, then to starboard, then aft. The scene is a bit surreal. Off the bow stands a metal shed with a flat roof and corrugated siding. Next to us cars are parked ten feet below. There is no motion, that in itself is very strange for a boat. The only water in close proximity is a puddle that forms occasionally in the parking lot. We are waiting to launch. It a strange time, somewhat akin to the time before birth. Gypsy is waiting to be born again into water, her only natural environment, and I am waiting to be reborn with her. To feel her come alive with the motion of the ocean, to pitch and yaw and dance with the waves.
I’ve been letting go of so much of my life lately it’s starting to feel very thin, perhaps Spartan is a better word for it. Gone are most of the books and things that have defined me. Soon to go are my job and my house. What is left? There is room, space, potential and there is desire for new things; new lands, new waters, new people, even a new me. I can feel my skin loosing and my heart opening. I can feel new energy gathering and moving towards me. Do I dare? Oh yes, I must, this peach is ripe.
Gypsy is on the “launch list” that the marina. Soon…
155 days
about us
- susan and dan
- Our plan : To take a leisurely sail around the world exploring new lands and new cultures as we go. On the way we intend to place equal importance to the inward journey as to the external journey. On our path we’ll strive to live in harmony with nature and to travel in as self-sustaining, low impact way as possible. What Dan says About Susan: She is a nurse, a mother, a yogini, a dancing-singing-earthborn-spirit and a friend to many. She is my beloved. what susan says about dan: a wise and gentle man, respectful of the earth and all that is within; an accomplished student of the energy disciplines, a yogi. dan is serious and responsible about the things that matter; playful and witty in the balance. an observant with his third eye, his trusty camera, a photographer. an ex-rock climber, a kayaker - disciplined, patient and purposeful; all this and a humble man - this is my beloved... About Us: as Snatam Kaur says; “We are light, we are love, we are dreams…”