Here’s a riddle for you: Besides existing in a marine environment, what do a Mexican, dancing, marine slug and our sailing trimaran. . .

Note: I wrote the rough draft of this piece in real time, as it was happening, so the twists at the end were a surprise even to me! As a...

Yeah, I figured I’d get your attention with “boobs”. Call it bait if you want, because it hooked ya. But there will be boobs so keep the...

I’m about to break a promise I made to my dad over thirty years ago by telling you a story. Technically, he made me promise not to tell...

Dedicated to my fellow sailing mermaid, Anina, who encouraged our work from the get-go and ignited the spark in us all even as her own...

Foreword/Forewarned: Before I get into this Nantucket-sleigh-ride of events, let me say that Paul really put himself out there by...

Question: What happens when you try to scuba dive while wearing an adult diaper? Answer: I’ll tell you all about it, but first you need...

For Hong So. When you were last with me I was on my Virginia-back-to-Baja flight feeling more whole after an old friend helped me...

It all started with a disturbing call from a cherished, childhood friend on Easter Sunday. She was in a Virginia hell-scape while Paul...

Well this one’s been a real hum-dinger of a shell to crack. Like non-sequiturs? If you’re in possession of a penis (meaning one is...

Which of us would YOU rather face in a dark, back eddy? The one on the left is an angry bull sea lion. The one on the right is,...

Almost 2 years. That's how long it's been since we've heard from Paul. It's not that he's been slacking. He's actually been working on...

Unless you identify as female, or have a female partner, mother, sister, daughter, or close female friend you probably don’t want to read...

Disclaimer: Paul just read this piece and said I sound like a coked-up lunatic. I’ve never used cocaine so I don’t know how he’d know...

See if you can guess my common denominator in this list: Depression, sharks, heights, visual disarray, cancer, car accidents, loss of my...

You know those rare dreams you wake from and can’t shake off because you know, you just KNOW, that your subconscious was trying to tell...

As another sunset approached our anchorage at super-wild Isla San Pedro Mártir, and the birds began to return to their roosts for the...

terrible (adj.): late 14c., "causing terror, awe, or dread; frightful," from Old French terrible (12c.), from Latin terribilis...

I swear, I was just minding my own business, doing my early-morning, power swim around a rocky point off the Seri people’s now...

Do you remember the children’s story, The Three Billy Goats Gruff? Basically, three goats are longing to feast in the greener grass on...