THE SEA GYPSY PHILOSOPHER

by Ray Jason Greta,         You don’t know me, but we share something in common that is very special. That something is enormous...

by Ray Jason       How sweet was this? Looking at the tables full of sailors eating, chatting and smiling, I realized that I was one o...

by Ray Jason Birthday photo 2019       What a magnificent birthday gift I received this morning. As I sat on deck with my cli...

by Ray Jason INDIO SCHOOL BUS        My little ship’s bow was pointed towards one of my favorite destinations. It is a tropical ...

by Ray Jason       It was a “chilling realization.” As my brain processed those two words, I chuckled quietly. More accurately, it mi...

by Ray Jason       The great American novelist, Jack London, used to host elaborate dinner gatherings at his ranch in northern Califo...

by Ray Jason Haiku master BASHO        Elemental ecstasy – yes, that’s the feeling. A bliss so simple yet powerful that it finds...

by Ray Jason As Bolton and Pompeo - who are a human Axis of Psychosis -  attempt to force the U.S. into a war with Iran, it seems like a g...

by Ray Jason       Recently, when s orting through some mementos, I encountered three short quotations that had helped launch the Sea...

by Ray Jason How I will always think of her.       Long ago and far to the North, a stranger gave me a little gift. It was a mode...

by Ray Jason When the world weighs heavily upon me, I find comfort in a modest little cafe that overlooks an even more modest little pa...

by Ray Jason Before I found my way to the Wide Waters, I spent a lot of time on the Asphalt Seas. I hitch-hiked tens of thousands of m...

by Ray Jason Something in the Sea awoke me. I wondered if the sound had only been from a dream, so I listened intently in the darkness...

by Ray Jason       Happy Holidays my unknown friends. I bring tidings of Joy! Certainly I am no wise man from the East, but I am a ...

by Ray Jason This sea gypsy life has rewarded me so richly. A philosopher’s yearning for knowledge, for understanding and for wis...

by Ray Jason It is dawn on the anniversary of my birth – long ago. I sit quietly and peacefully marveling at one of my favorite panora...

by Ray Jason       The eye surgeon offered me a choice. She said that after the cataract was removed an artificial lens is inserted....

by Ray Jason       The Waters were calling me again. But not to embark on another frigid trip into the deep ice, like last year’s No...

by Ray Jason There are hundreds of harbors scattered around our wet, lush planet with dozens of ocean-ready sailboats anchored in them...

by Ray Jason For many years I have been arguing that ocean-going sailboats are the best survival pod if the world plunges into catast...

by Ray Jason Scamper – yes, scamper – that’s the word I was searching for. The little Indio children were playing tag in a maze of m...

by Ray Jason       There is a frigid clarity in the Far North. The question was - would it benefit me or bedevil me? Along with the b...

by Ray Jason   Amongst the ice in the Northwest Passage Hello Everyone,   Today is the fifth anniversary of my SEA GYPSY PHILOSOPHER ...

Today is the fourth anniversary of my little blog.  It has been a delight sharing my unusual perspective on the world with you, and I great...

by Ray Jason             photo by Ray Jason Years ago, I nick-named this modest little spot The Domino Triangle.   It was too t...

by Ray Jason Monique and Jack - 2 young sea gypsies The waters of the Archipelago of Bliss have been a wondrous reservoir of in...

by Ray Jason Thank you for your brilliance Norman Rockwell The wind arrived swiftly.   The waves built more slowly - but also m...

by Ray Jason I was awoken this morning by a tropical alarm clock – the joyous sound of wild parrots flying above my anchored boat.   Th...

by Ray Jason                     It was the last full moon of winter.   My little ship, which was facing north, gently veered around to...