Some thoughts Monday morning
Salsa af Stavsnas
Ellinor Ristoff Staffan Ehde
Mon 10 Sep 2012 04:52
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It is 6 in the morning, dark outside, we are still
at anchor close to La Coruna, in a bay called La Mera.
We have beautiful beaches around us, it is warm and
gentle.
The children have loved these days with friends
that speak the same language.
In all this, it is coming now, thoughts about, what
is my role in this?
I can see the other men working all day on their
boats. Ours is doing well now, nothing urgent to take care of.
I'm reading "Zen and the art of motorcycle
maintenance" and enjoy it fully, what a perfect book for a long
sailor!
I try to play the guitar 30 minutes evey day, it is
fun, but old Luther is asking me; - fun? is your life about having
fun?
Don't you have a job to do? Fun?
At least you could write on your book?
This is how it goes about in between making hard
descitions on what to eat, when to take a swim etc.
In half an hour it's time to wake up Ellinor and we
shall have a short breakfast and then start the machinery, 50 meters of anchor
chain is going up from being at the bottom almost a week, the engine
will take us out on the open sea and then we roll out sails and stop the noise,
there will be no more sounds than the wind and the sea again. I have a job to
do! Navigation, trimming the sails etc. We are on our way again!
It is trange, but there is a very good feeling
about coming and leaving.
By the way, when you meet a family on the same
track you seem to always ask, how come you are doing this?
Most answers are about, life is to short, we wanted
to be together etc.
This is the most interesting so far; - we could not
stand living with each other and separated, but we have the children together
and asked ourselves, what do we love to do? Since sailing is our passion, we
have decided to sail together and that works!
I love life! And Luther did to, I
guess.
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