First stop is Alotau, Milne Bay, PNG. Major conflict zone in WW II with the Japanese in 1942. A strategic victory there then by the Allies, which stymied the Japanese plans to take Port Moresby next, denying them a subsequent base to launch attacks on mainland Australia. Men from Australia…

Second day at sea. An expanded perspective. Being open, observant to the now, to what is present, to noticing something now that before may have been largely hidden from my land-based perspective. From often our limited perspective, to our sometimes disconnected, distracted or otherwise mindless consciousness.  Instead to expand. To…

All at sea. Literally and metaphorically. Ocean as far as the eye can see. Which is not that far given the curvature of the earth, some might say, in relative terms, given the vast ocean expanse. In this case, the Coral Sea east of Queensland. Weather is about 24 degrees….