Tall tales and other thoughts from storyteller, sailor and nomad Dennison Berwick. "Kuan Yin" is his 32-foot go-anywhere home.
Posted in Reportage/Stories on Apr 12th, 2010
If you read this quote from Eugene V. Debs you may 9or may not) agree that is a sorry commentary on America today.
Then look when the words were spoken.
” It is extremely dangerous to exercise the constitutional right of free speech in a country fighting to make democracy safe in the world…..
These are [...]
Posted in Reportage/Stories, Sailing on Mar 5th, 2010
I wrote recently about the amazing amount of our plastics now floating about in the oceans. A new story by Victoria Gill of the BBC highlights the situation in the North Atlantic where researchers have found a massive garbage zone. The maximum density of plastic trash was 200,000 pieces per square kilometre!
The tiny pieces are [...]
Posted in Reportage/Stories on Jan 24th, 2010
Everywhere we go these days there are plastic bags, bottles and other trash. Even walking up to the source of the river Ganges, the holy river of India, that high in the Himalayas in 2008 I gathered kilos of garbage dropped by pilgrims eager for the blessings of Mother Ganges but content to throw unwanted [...]
Posted in Reportage/Stories on Jan 12th, 2010
Here’s a brilliantly funny video of what happens when someone tries to speak out for peace in Central London. This is British humour at its best – ironic, witty, and without a trace of anger or bitterness.
"Serendipity" is the art of finding something valuable or delightful when you're not looking for it. It's how you might also define living life as an adventure - which is something I seek to do everyday - and accepting whatever happens.
