Friday, September 04, 2009

A Life Afloat

If you're going to get any leisure reading in this extended weekend -- check out the September issue of SAIL Magazine. See that inset photo on the cover? That's my boy! And that's my messy salon he's sitting in. :) Thrilling and embarrassing all at once!




They asked me to write a feature story (that ended up being a cover story!) "all about living aboard". I have to admit when I first got the assignment I drew a blank. It was like, "what I did on my summer vacation" --snore. But I have to give kudos to my fabulous editor at Spinsheet Magazine here on the Chesapeake who helped me think outside my boat bubble and come up with an angle that might be interesting to folks who aren't in this little tribe. I hope it reaches across boating and non-boating lines and normalizes our lifestyle.

I was thrilled at the little surprise on page 4 where the editor of the magazine referenced my story specifically!


And here is the actual story on page 45.


A big thank you also to Laureen Hudson and family over at The Excellent Adventure for letting me interview them. And to my dear friends Chris & Dave of Felix The Cat Charters, our old dock mates Shai & Lorraine Talmi, and fellow live aboards on the left coast Charlotte & Eric Kaufman for their keen insights.

Adios for now, I'm going sailing!

13 comments:

Holly @ Domestic Dork said...

That is so exciting!!! Hooray!

Diane, Evan, Maia and Charlie the cat said...

We bought our copy! Maia wants Zack to know she gets paid .25 for every photo shoot and .50 everytime she makes it into a magazine:)

Diane, Evan, Maia and Charlie the cat said...

It was very good btw!

Amanda T said...

Wow, that's awesome!Congrats :)

flowers said...

That is so exciting! Congratulations :-)

Barney said...

Well done!

Erin J said...

How cool and I loved that you even posted the article so this landlubber who sails on the rolling Palouse wheat fields can read it! Well done :)

Masasa said...

Oh, WONDERFUL! I am going to go to the bookstore just so I can sit there and read it!

Masasa said...

Oh, wait, holy cow...I just had to be more patient after clicking "inside." I can read it. Hooray!

Human runner said...

Wow - congratulations! I'll be sure to read it the next time we go to Borders. Your family is definitely an inspiration for us.

Joy said...

That's really cool! Congrats. :)

Positively Orphaned said...

What a great article! Love the picture of Zach in the library.

Cam said...

Congrats!! How awesome! I am so completely stoked for you!

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