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People come to Shellphone Chronicles for vicarious adventure, and enjoy tall tales from the high seas, beautiful photos, original artwork, and occasional poetry. 🩵 Two people with a love of adventure, one big sailing yacht.
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No Looking Back (opens the original)
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This email features the final exchange in a four-part Pen Pal Series of letters with my friend Janice Anne Wheeler who writes Sparring with Mother Nature from aboard her sailing yacht STEADFAST. Opposite Latitudes, Parallel Attitudes - Sailing for the next horizon - who knows what comes next?This series, appropriately named Opposite Latitudes, Parallel Attitudes has been so much fun to write, and
No Looking Back (opens the original)
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PART 4 - This is the final installment in a four-part pen pal exchange between Linda aboard Duende at Shellphone Chronicles and Janice Anne aboard Steadfast at Sparring with Mother Nature.Writing from different oceans on opposite sides of the globe, two women sailors exchange letters about how we came to build our lives at sea, each aboard a very different sailing vessel. Opposite Latitudes, Parallel Attitudes explores what it takes to go all in on this life—and wh
If Anything’s Gonna Happen, It’s Gonna Happen Out There* (opens the original)
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*You might recognize this line, “If anything’s gonna happen, it’s gonna happen out there”, spoken by Kurt Russell (as Captain Ron), in the 1992 movie Captain Ron. The eye patch wearing, swashbuckling character is one of the best roles he ever played, a classic for sailors.My mail to you this week features the third exchange in a four-part Pen Pal Series of letters with my friend on STEADFAST. While some see these on the Substack app, I didn’t send it by email when we published
Hope for the Best, Prepare for Anything (opens the original)
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This is the third installment in a four-part pen pal exchange between Linda aboard Duende at Shellphone Chronicles and Janice Anne aboard Steadfast at Sparring with Mother Nature.Writing from different oceans on opposite sides of the globe, two women sailors exchange letters about how we came to build our lives at sea, each aboard a very different sailing vessel. Opposite Latitudes, Parallel Attitudes</stro
The Island of Death (opens the original)
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As we cruise past the rugged shoreline and peaks of this massive island, it’s hard to reconcile the peaceful scene off our port side with the horrors that occurred here in World War II. From the water, Guadalcanal doesn’t look like a battlefield. The coastline rolls past in green folds, broken by the occasional village, river mouths, beaches, and the haphazard sprawl of the city of Honiara. From our deck, it’s easy to see only a tropical island.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="
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