ESSENTIAL

My voice reaches
South and North
America, Europe,
sometimes even Asia.
But Africa,
ancient homeland
of us all,
it does not penetrate.

Why?

An essential piece
of the world
is missing.

10 March 2017

FORTY-FOUR FIFTY SOUTH

From the magnificent and

now-familiar southern

stars, I see that

our course is north-

northeast. Calm wind

and sea. As we run

in the Gulf of

Corcovado, the

night is peaceful

as a cat.

10 March 2016

(a memory from a year ago)