BALLAD OF BERME ROAD

In the vast cathedral of the valley: Green hills, blue sky, Sun pouring down like honeyed rain First: to remember the spot, To find it on...

The three legged deer was sleeping in the backyard last night, huddled against the south wall of the house on a patch of bare ground near...

By way of introduction,  here’s an interview, excerpted and edited, from the book “Chopping Wood” by David Bernz. I was a part of a...

Letter to a Friend, December 1983: Next summer, David and I want to take our little row boat [we still have the same one; a ship brought...

[ Dave and Sarah, the nautical nomads, have just returned from a three year sojourn of cruising around Europe in their sixteen foot open...

Episode 1 Readying the "Rainbow Warrior" for Sea, Winter 1984 Just back to the Hudson Valley after their epic summer trip to Canada in...

notes on a future post/place holder With heartfelt thanks to Allan Goldhammer, Paul Tobin, and Chief Vincent Mann October 15, 2021 [ this...

The further adventures of Manzanita and Crew INTRODUCTION: Rounding Lindesnes The day we sailed around Lindesnes, the cape on the...

Dave getting ashore from "Sea Gull", Andratx harbor. The cat is not pleased. Foreword (or Backword?) written in1992, Ulster County, NY:...

Foreword: The Story So Far The title Dave suggested for an account of our travels, "Rowing Against the Wind" was meant to be ironic. ...

photo: taking in the view. Embroidery by Sarah. Autumn, 1981 Introduction: [letter to a friend, Virginia Sands] Dear Gini- Here it is,...

photo: the original sail rig Why did we do it? What blend of nihilism, recklessness, whimsy and angst motivated this journey? One might...

[Warning: this message is unabashedly pro-Christmas, in a Pagan sort of way.] Growing up in an informally Secular Humanist but culturally...

"Oh, Baby, Baby, it's a wild world It's hard to get by just upon a smile. Oh, Baby, Baby, it's a wild world And I'll always remember you...

photo: Sarah on "L'Amie" Jan. 13 Letter home: Dear Dad- This is another quick "I survived" message to let you know that David and I are...

[ To set the scene, we were young. I was 21 and David 33, and we had known each other for barely a year. Casting our lot together, we...

Prince William Sound, Alaska June-July 1979 [age 20] [Wilderness kayaking course with NOLS, the "National Outdoor Leadership School"....

July 5, 1978. Prince William Sound, Alaska. Travelling by kayak. "Four killer whales intrigued and terrified us at Point Nowell- so close...

[An episode from “The Wonderbread Kids Play Cowboy”. Our protagonists, teenaged lovers “Jenny” and “Bruce”, are sharecropping on a...

[This chapter of my life took place in the fall of 1979. I had been crewing on the environmental educational sailboat “Clearwater”,...