It's been 4 weeks since Darrin left Seattle aboard Eione. Amazing how life once again has changed so completely for us, but there's still plenty to do before we can truly feel free of the hamster wheel, although I wonder if that ever will be entirely possible. It's not until you actually try untangling yourself from a first world life do you realize how chained you are to corporate America. To wit: Car Insurance. Should we maintain some kind of policy here to cover us when

As a million other women throughout history have done before me, I stood on the dock waving, a little weepy, as my husband (and my home) motored smoothly out of the marina and on to the adventure of sailing the high seas for the next few weeks. I had seriously mixed feelings - sadness, excitement, trepidation, loneliness, relief, nervousness, turmoil...so many things. Sadness because a chapter of our life was ending, excitement for a new chapter to start, trepidation because