There Goes Gravity

Our First Day on Union Island

By Carmen M Alex / February 25, 2022

Union Island is probably best known for its insane kite surfing possibilities, its full moon parties, and Happy Island. We...

Update on Copyright Protection for Artists: The CASE Act of 2019

By Carmen M Alex / November 18, 2020

There are just a few weeks left in this Congress to pass the CASE Act. The bill passed the House...

Viento Azul: Sailing Home After a Long Summer

By Carmen M Alex / August 23, 2020

Friday, August 21; Christmas Cove, Greater St James, USVI This is it. This is goodbye, I thought at 5:30 am....

Sailing Viento Azul: Isaias coming

By Carmen M Alex / July 28, 2020

Soon-to-be-named cyclone Isaias has been a tricky fellow, quietly drifting off the west coast of Africa, hiding under a layer...

From Beginning to End

By Carmen M Alex / July 25, 2020

Look! Up! Up there in the night sky over St John! See the Milky Way? Spanning across the firmament, like...

February 2, 2019

“Save the Dells” Hike

Our colloquium hike took us on the Constellation Trail.

January 1, 2019

About 2018

Another year that flew by. And again, I’m prefacing my sentences with “I can’t believe it’s …” (Fill in the year.) The things I…

December 31, 2018

Bay of Turtles: the Lost Years Found

Years ago, I heard a talk about the “Sea Turtle Lost Years”. Researchers had been tracking and monitoring sea turtles as hatchlings and again…

November 12, 2018

Copyright Protection for Photographers: The CASE Act of 2017

Most artists are self-employed and vulnerable to copyright infringement by larger entities with deeper pockets. Currently, pursuing a copyright suit means having to go…

October 13, 2018

Quantitative Research Methods Webinar

May 29, 2018

How to buy your dream sailboat on a budget

The first time I saw Wish You Were Here, I nearly ran away screaming. Actually, I probably was screaming… in my head. On initial examination, WYWH…

April 20, 2018

Daytime Swordfishing in the Florida Keys

This is an article I wrote about daytime swordfishing in Islamorada for UNWIND Magazine.

January 3, 2018

What You Need to Know Before Exploring Eleuthera’s Hatchet Bay Cave

Here’s a (little) bit of geology, tips for exploring, and lots of images with named(!) formations for those who want to come prepared. There are…

January 1, 2018

Hello and Welcome 2018

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you’ll stay awhile. I’m still fairly new to this idea of blogging. I’ve kept journals since I was…

December 25, 2017

My First Junkanoo

A Junkanoo is a celebration is a parade is a festival. The origin is not quite known but the earliest reports go back centuries.

November 6, 2017

The Jade I Knew

My memories of a good friend, a gentle soul, a wounded warrior of life.

November 1, 2017