Author Archives: PompanoDan

Editor’s Note: I believe that the email versions posts are still not displaying correctly. Please click on the post’s title in the email and you’ll be directed to the web version of the post which appears to be in order. Thank you. Welcome back to part two of the story of the 1983 invasion ofContinue reading “Thanksgiving Day (Part 2 of 2)”

“He who hesitates is sometimes saved.” — James Thurber, 1894-1961, US cartoonist, writer, journalist, and playwright “History doesn’t repeat itself but it does rhyme.” — Unclear (often mis-attributed to Mark Twain) Imagine if you will: The President of the United States decides it’s a good idea to take military action against another American nation. MaybeContinue reading “Thanksgiving Day (Part 1 of 2)”

Editor’s Note: I’m getting some reports that videos aren’t coming through in the email version of my blog posts. I’ll take it up with my blog hoster. In the meantime and for the full experience, when you get an email announcement, click on the large-font and bold title of the post, or the smaller underlinedContinue reading “Prima Facie”

You’d think after 20,000+ nautical miles of ocean sailing I’d be beyond the point of feeling like I don’t know what I’m doing out on the water. However—as a halcyon-days-of-yore friend of mine was fond of saying—“You’re only young once, but immaturity can last a lifetime.” (Jimmy, if you’re reading this, I hope you’re asContinue reading “Imposter’s Syndrome”

I’m awoken at 0330 local time by the call of nature on our eighth and likely penultimate night in the Marina Mindelo on Ilha São Vicente in the Cabo Verdes. In the dim light from the marina’s dock lights I see Max sleeping peacefully on the settee. Hazel is too small for any kind ofContinue reading “Anchors Away!”