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Homeschool Resources From Our Nomadic Lifestyle
As COVID shut schools down last spring, so many parents began thinking about homeschooling their children. My inbox has become flooded with messages from friends asking, "What do you use for school?" I decided it was time to blog about my thoughts and resources....
A teenage perspective on ocean trash in El Salvador
I asked my 13 year old son to blog about our time in El Salvador. I told him it was completely up to him about what to write about. The amount of trash seen on the beaches and in the ocean was apparently what stuck out most for him. Here’s his blog: El Salvador is...
Bringing Back The Ghost Stories Of Christmas Past
Long ago, the telling of ghost stories didn't stop on Halloween, but would continue during the dark, cold winter months of Northern Europe. Disguises and costumes didn't expire in October either, but would be worn until at least January. Harvest time was over which...
The colors of mind-body-spirit
A deep understanding of the connection between mind, body, and spirit has been known in eastern medicine for millennia. Traditional forms of medicine such as Ayurvedic from India, Qigong from China, and Reiki from Japan are all based on the connection of the energy in...
A Quick Chakra Intro
By now, almost everyone has come across the word "Chakra", but what are the chakras and why are they important? If you have been struggling in certain areas of your life and feeling ‘stuck’ or out of balance, it’s time to get to know your chakras... The chakras are...
Things we didn’t expect: Reflections from our first year as cruisers
We spent our 1 year “Nomadiversary” in Massachusetts visiting friends and picking up new refrigeration parts for Litha. We didn’t plan to go back to the US but circumstances just aligned for a flight back “home.” We realize...
Celebrating Litha
What is Litha? Well, to my family and me, Litha is our home. Litha is the name of our sailboat as we travel the world. But what is Litha, and why did we choose it as her name? Litha is the Celtic/Pagan celebration of the Summer Solstice, and marks the first day of...
The Ups and Downs of being a Boat Kid
Up: You get to go to all sorts of places. And when you’re down south its warm! Down: On the way to all the places there can be big waves and you get seasick. And being seasick isn’t fun. Up: You can find other boat kids everywhere. Almost everywhere we have been there...
Our life is like a vacation!
Eh… not really! But we hear that all. the. time. Let me tell you what our life is like since moving aboard our sailboat, fixing it up for 5 months in San Diego, and sailing down to La Paz Mexico… Pro: We live on a sailboat in Mexico! I mean come on! It’s sunny,...
We went boat sh*t crazy! (aka: Transitioning Aboard)
We both lie awake at night filled with anxiety about leaving for Mexico next week. I have frequent dreams about my boat dragging anchor and crashing into the rocky shore, or even flipping completely over. It’s nerve-wracking to live in a floating home with no stable...
Our Trailer to Sailboat Journey
So we have a boat now . . . I thought I would catch you up because my parents have been busy with boat projects. After my mom’s last post in Lake Sawyer we went to a campground in Bellevue. It was one of my favorite campgrounds because it had a pool! One day when we...
Transitional Thoughts: From our 2800 sqft house to a 26 ft travel trailer.
It has been a pretty exhausting road so far to be honest. Selling our home and everything we own to live in a very inexpensive travel trailer with our 2 young kids. And now we shop for our perfect home afloat to sail the world. "Are we doing the right thing?" "Do...
What the moon cycles mean for you when you aren’t a f*cking flower
Planting seeds, blooming, and returning back to the soil is a common metaphor used to explain how the moon cycles impact us each month. I offer this new metaphor for flowy, watery, ever-changing, adaptable humans like me. For those of us who do not feel grounded most...
Plan to go with the flow
After attending a few writing workshops at the Seattle Boat Show, I learned that when you hear the same question over and over again, it's time to write about it: "When are you guys leaving?" Short answer: We don't know. Slightly longer answer: Our house goes on the...
Side Effects of Minimalism
"Does this bring me joy?" I hear that's what you're supposed to ask yourself about an object as you declutter your home. But becoming minimalists for us is just a side effect of sailing away. As we spend our weekends getting our house ready to list, donating items,...
The world needs more love
It has been over a year since I sent my "I have a secret" blog to my former best friend. She told me I was doing the devil's work and I was going to hell. We haven't spoken since. I have changed so much since then. I am a medium. I am a healer. Those who have felt...
Fear of living your dreams
Our blog is called Life off the deep end because we are embracing crazy. But I think we'd be a much different kind of crazy if we didn't have fears about our plans to sell everything and sail around the world with our kids.Fear sneaks up on me when I least...
10 Frequently Asked Questions about our dream of sailing around the world
Hi! Welcome to our new blog, Life off the Deep End! We hope that a little bit of our crazy rubs off on our readers and we inspire you to live your dreams too! Life is short. Jump in!F.A(Y)Q- Frequently asked (or yelled) questions we...
