writer, lawyer, presenter

Greetings from Cool Breezes

A Family’s Year Aboard
2005
Borealis Press

The alluring sea beckons sailors from every corner of the earth. They ply the seven seas and traverse the world’s great lakes and waterways. They meander along rivers and canals, and tuck into safe harbours. Some of these travellers are parents with children, cruising in the slow lane.

For one year, my family and I jumped off the Canadian prairie and into the deep end, and joined them.

Greetings from Cool Breezes is not just about sand, surf, salt and sails, or even sunny ports-of-call; it’s about what it takes, and what it’s like, to be away for a year form the multitasking merry-go-round of North American culture.

This book relates the experience of a landlubber family out of its element that learns not only how to become liveaboards, but also to live in the moment. It was an Edmonton, Alberta bestseller for several weeks.