Twig Afloat Blog
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There’s Vodka in the Boys Bathroom
“Hey, where’s the vodka?” “It’s in the boy’s bathroom.” This is not something I thought I would ever hear, much less say. You see, the boys are only 9 and 10. So why are they hoarding the booze in their bathroom? Are things really getting so bad on the boat that the kids have turned…
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Feeling Crabby
Nothing makes you feel like more of a man than to catch food for your family. Or so I’m told. So far, my efforts to pull anything edible out of the sea have proven completely fruitless. The single helmet conch that I got in the Bahamas made the boys and I sick, so I’m…
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Come Monday
My daughter can cry at will. It’s a useful skill for a pre-teen, but I haven’t found an occasion to try to use it myself. Until today. Today, one of my heroes died, and I was shocked to find that I wasn’t as sad as I thought that I would be. I thought I’d…