Thursday, December 22, 2016

A CHRISTMAS REVERIE

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by Ray Jason It is a few dawns before Christmas in the year 2016.   As someone who finds his spirituality in the Cathedral of Nature, I...
Thursday, December 15, 2016

DESPERATE MEASURES

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by Ray Jason           It was my very first day in the Archipelago of Bliss, and I sat savoring a meal in a waterfront restaurant....
Thursday, December 1, 2016

AN EPISTLE TO THE EARTHONIANS

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by Ray Jason   At the time, it was just an eccentric, utopian game.   But now, a couple of decades later, I realize that it was a perfect...
Wednesday, November 16, 2016

THE SEA GYPSY PATH TO TRUE FREEDOM

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by Ray Jason           A great sea gypsy family   During the shrill cacophony of the U.S. election campaign, many friends and s...
Sunday, October 30, 2016

LOOKING ASTERN

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by Ray Jason           Ray on his birthday 2016 A few hours into every long voyage there comes a precious moment.   Most sailor...
Thursday, October 13, 2016

THE HUXLANDIA TRAP

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by Ray Jason In my previous essay I tried to convince you that two of the great masterpieces of 20 th Century literature have been distu...
Thursday, October 6, 2016

ORWELLIA and HUXLANDIA

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by Ray Jason            Two of the most enduring novels of the 20 th Century are Aldous Huxley’s BRAVE NEW WORLD and George Orwell...
Thursday, September 22, 2016

SIMPLE CONSOLATIONS

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 by Ray Jason                    It was the silhouette hour.   A cayuco came paddling towards me in the deep dusk as I sat with my ...
Thursday, September 8, 2016

SUNSHINE AND SADNESS

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by Ray Jason             I walked into the little Panamanian drug store feeling sorry for myself because I had a nasty cold.   Two min...
Thursday, August 25, 2016

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORDS OF WAR

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by Ray Jason      1.   Thou shalt not notice that those of us who start the wars never fight and die in the wars - and neither do ...
Monday, August 15, 2016

THE OLD HIPPIE AND THE BANANA BIRDS

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by Ray Jason               The old hippie has found his bliss.             He runs a ten table restaurant down here south of many b...
Thursday, July 28, 2016

FINDING JOY IN THE ABYSS

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by Ray Jason                     Why do I linger here in the Archipelago of Bliss?   After all, my stalwart little ship could car...
Friday, July 15, 2016

A CRY FOR SANITY

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by Ray Jason photo by Eric Gaillard Jihadists of the world awaken from your putrid trance!!!   You have been mesmerized by a f...
Thursday, July 7, 2016

SEA GYPSY NOCTURNE # 2

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by Ray Jason Something startled me from sleep.   Because solo sailors need to be extremely alert in order to avoid catastrophes, my f...
Thursday, June 23, 2016

IN PRAISE OF LOWER EDUCATION

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by Ray Jason                      One of the great joys of my sea gypsy life is the wonderful sense of camaraderie that exists a...
Thursday, June 9, 2016

A SUPER BOWL EPIPHANY

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by Ray Jason It probably seems odd for me to post an essay on this topic in June instead of in February when the game takes place...