Kyra and Rick
My blogs
Blogs I follow
- Bettie del Mar
- Ceilydh Set Sail
- Karen and Jim's Excellent Adventure
- Log of s/v Del Viento
- Missed Connections
- s/v Bella Star
- S/V Delos
- s/v hello world
- Zach Aboard
Industry | Maritime |
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Location | Opua, Northland, New Zealand |
Introduction | We are sea gypsies who have lived aboard this old sailboat for over 10 years. We sailed away from Canadian shores in 2011 and eventually made landfall in New Zealand. This is a log of our adventures and observations. |
Interests | Rick: sailing, travel, history Kyra: travel, sailing, arts |
Favorite Movies | Boy, Les Intouchables, The Princess Bride, C.R.A.Z.Y., The Princess and the Warrior, Mostly Martha, Amelie, Broken English, Run Lola Run, and documentaries such as Born into Brothels, Triage and Forks Over Knives |
Favorite Music | Josh Ritter, Nathaniel Rateliffe and the Night Sweats, Tom Waits, Michael Franti, Great Big Sea, O'melhor de Bonga, Neko Case, Lucinda Williams, David Bowie, Lhasa, Tallest Man On Earth, Mumford and Sons, The White Stripes, Annie Lennox, Led Zeppelin, David Gray, Alison Krauss, Bruce Springsteen, (old) U2, Jacques Brel, Human Highway, Janis Joplin, First Aid Kit, and on and on... |
Favorite Books | Rick: Jitterbug Perfume (Tom Robbins), The Patrick O'Brian series, and various Science Fiction books Kyra: In The Skin of a Lion (Michael Ondaatje), An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarianism in the 21st Century (James Orbinski), Pilgrim Summer (Barbara Kingsolver), Blue Horizons (Beth Leonard), Close to Spiderman (Ivan Coyote), New and Selected Poems Vol. 1 (Mary Oliver) |