Author Kim Stephens
This week brought some colder temperatures to Brunswick along with the start of November. Our boat does not have heat so we are definitely feeling some urgency to make our deadline of December 1st to start heading south to warmer… Continue Reading →
This week was another week of checking things off the list. And surgery. Yes, I finally had my carpal tunnel surgery on Wednesday. The early part of the week was pre op testing and working on some smaller projects: building… Continue Reading →
This summer it felt like everyone was a Swiftie! Parents, children, grandparents – you name it, they were trading bracelets and sharing pics of their concert attendance. This week I got to have my own groupie experience, sailing style!Cruisers University… Continue Reading →
We had a little time off Meraviglia this week to travel to Atlanta. As many of you know, Nick LOVES soccer and has been enjoying playing with a variety of teams since he has been In Atlanta. Unfortunately, he tore… Continue Reading →
Special from Katharine Stephens: Okay, okay, it’s finally time for the other child’s perspective. Ever since Nick volunteered to write a post for this blog last month, my mom started asking me when I was writing mine, even though I… Continue Reading →
Merriam Webster describes a light at the end of the tunnel as a noun phrase defined as a reason to believe that a bad situation will end soon or that a long and difficult job will be finished soon. This… Continue Reading →
So we continue to move forward through the enormous list of tasks needed to ready Meraviglia to launch. Happily some of our projects on our list have been getting accomplished: PHEW! Bob was the lead and I assisted as we… Continue Reading →
My mother, Darlene was diagnosed with osteomyelitis when she was young after taking a bad fall roller skating. She had to endure many surgeries and underwent long hospitalizations in Philadelphia. When all was said and done, she ended up with… Continue Reading →
Sun, sea, sailing, and sundowners every night. Isn’t that what Youtube says liveaboard life will be like??? The reality on a “project boat” like Meraviglia looks very different. Well, except for the sun. We get a lot of burning hot… Continue Reading →
Dictionary.com defines wanderlust as a strong, innate desire to rove or travel about. I have been thinking a lot about that word, family history, and the impact of genetics. As I have shared in a previous blog, Nick and Gabby… Continue Reading →