The Asymmetrical Life

Happy Last Year · 2023 · The First Full Year Back in Motion An Attitude of Gratitude After the interrupted calendars of the pandemic years, 2023 reopened the map. Sarah, Skyelark and I moved from the Western Cape to Las Vegas, Portugal, Fair Isle, Spain and Gibraltar—not to make up for lost time, but to discover that time had changed what travel meant. Africa Las Vegas Portugal Fair Isle Spain Gibraltar See Full Image Show Story The world did not return to normal. It returned to motion. 2023 was the first full year of uninterrupted post-pandemic travel. The routes reopened, but the traveler who stepped back onto them had learned not to confuse movement with freedom. From Africa to North America, Europe and the United Kingdom, the year covered distance. More importantly, it recovered scale: summer against winter, desert against island, casino noise against North Atlantic silence, and the companionship of Sarah and Skyelark agai...

Happy Last Year · A Zen Sailor's Memoir · 2022 The Return to Depth After the pandemic years narrowed the world, 2022 did not reopen it with speed. It reopened it with scale: a terrier's first birthday at the edge of the world, ancient stones in Orkney, old books in Dublin, American institutions, poker decisions, and the realization that fewer stories can carry more weight. Fair Isle Dublin America Orkney Poker Harvard and DevLearn See Full Image Show Story 2022 was not a return to normal. It was a return to depth. The old instinct was to cover distance. The new one was to notice scale: one year in a dog's life, five thousand years in a stone circle, centuries inside a library, seconds inside a poker decision. The year moved between remote islands, old universities, national myths, conference halls and card tables. The locations were different. The question underneath them was the same: what deserves attention when ...

Happy Last Year / 2021 / Fair Isle 2021: The Outpost Year Where Scotland met Scandinavia, convenience became optional, weather became strategy, and a smaller world made room for a larger life. See Full Image Show Text Year signal The world was still restricted. The story was not. “You cannot get there from here.” In most places, that is an excuse. On Fair Isle, it is a fact that shapes every plan—and somehow becomes a different kind of freedom. 94 Published posts 12 Active months 28 August peak 45 Fair Isle residents Spring / Charleston Down the Avenue of the Oaks Beauty with weight You may know Boone Hall without knowing you know it: Allie’s family summer house in The Notebook . The oaks were there long before the movie, and they will outlast the memory of it. The moss is gorgeous. The ground is heavy. Both are true, and a ...