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Tag Archives: creative non-fiction
Seeing past first impressions
from the opening of a piece on Ambon City, Indonesia, posted at our sailing website: Had we let our first impressions guide us, we’d never have stayed nearly three weeks in Ambon City. Nestled a good ten nautical miles up … Continue reading
Glow Worm 