With inspiration from my dear sister-in-law, Rachel, I embark on this adventure - capturing an image every day for a year both to have for myself and to share with you. My hope is that through this effort, I will "keep peace in the noisy confusion of life" - taking time to notice the small things, celebrate the big things, and more fully appreciate the gift of each new day. Of course, I had every intention of beginning this on January 1st - but when that day came and went without a blog, Rachel assured me that this project can begin on any day. After a slow start, I really hope I can pull it off - and that you'll enjoy it!

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Day 167 - June 24: A New Boat

Douglas and I have long expressed our belief that the goal of our yacht club's sailing school should be to help kids develop a lifelong love of sailing, not simply to win regattas.  There are many kids who love to race, but even more for whom sailing (in general) and racing (in particular) is stressful and scary, or just plain boring.  We lose a lot of these kids by age 14 and they never come back to sailing.  It's been an uphill battle but last winter, when the club introduced a new fleet of Open Bics, we came a whole lot closer to achieving our goal.  Today we took delivery of our new Open Bic.  The kids love these fast little boats - and the class will emphasize exploring and goofing around and having fun, all while learning to become better, more confident sailers.
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