When thinking of our trip, I had in mind Alison’s words “And who knows, maybe as May and Dick sail together […] and a kind and gentle breeze dances in their sails, they [will] feel the playful spirit of Stuart and the spirit of God with them on the water” (Aug 26, 2012). Those beautiful words had become my focus for the “adventure”: I was going to go and feel the breeze. Bill’s “ruah.”
Last night, it took a dip into the literal as I was laying in Peregrine and wondering if a gale could tip it off its stands: what if Sandy was The Breeze I had been looking for? Hmm, Stuart, you did not have to make it that big. [Just like your brother Ben with another hurricane].
On a practical note: Dickie made hotel reservations this morning. But I talked to the boatyard manager anyway (as e-ve-ry-bo-dy else on the dock or in town does). He confidently said they expected 60 miles/hr winds, will add reinforcements starting today, and never did a boat fall down in this yard. When I asked him about staying in the boat, his eyes grew larger, “Well, I don’t expect the boats to fall down, but, geee, they will rock.” Got to pack again.
sv PEREGRINE 
Dearest May and Dickie You are in my thoughts and prayers this Sunday Morning at 3:30 Am. You are so important to all in your family take care of yourselves. Love Margaret
Thanks Margaret. We love you and hope all is well with you, Larkin and Sandy. Dickie.
I am thinking of you and I hope you are both in a hotel now and not on the boat (I think I understand you are in a hotel). Love to you both. Marina
We just checked in a hotel (shower! TV!). Fun to think you’d know about the hurricane in Katmandu. Not such a big world.
Yes the world has become very tiny nowadays. Good to know you are in a hotel.
I will follow tightly the news. Thinking of you.
My head is in the clouds these days, so I was literally stopped in my tracks when it finally clicked that Hurricane Sandy, Frankenstorm, is on the way up the coast. I feared you already were off on your adventure. Glad to know that you and are safe and warm. Peregrine is beautiful! Thanks so much for setting up this blog for your friends back home.. Many warm thoughts your way. Very cold and windy back here in Atlanta.
So good to hear from you, Laura, and thank you for your “warm” thoughts. Dick and I thought of you as we watched “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” the other night. I only brought 3 DVD, and we may watch this one again and again. Oh, excuse-me, WE brought gazillions DVDs, but the rest is all boat manuals type of things. Hope you 2 girls and the 3 guys are doing well. Have you carved one of your pumpkins?
No pumpkin carving. We don’t get enough trick or treaters to make it worth while! Everyone here is well, you two just take care of yourselves. I’m glad you liked the movie. I see on the news where the storm is headed your way. We’ve just had a lot of wind; yesterday on the soccer field was freezing! But it’s sunny now and windy. Going to be in the 30s I hear soon. Hope the storm passes, without too much incident, and you get to start your voyage soon.