Port Townsend Washington, 20 November 2020 – On Monday, the day after tomorrow, I’ll fly to Atlanta to work on my house there.
I’ll be flying on an Alaska Airlines buddy pass, courtesy of Grayson on X-Wing.
My life has changed. I’ve become so integrated into the sailing community that people don’t have last names anymore, just the name of the vessel they sail on.* It’s very much like the German or Dutch von or the French du, or even how Italian names came into existence as the place where they are from, my original surname, Giuliano, from the province of Giulia, which is no longer inside the Italian borders.
In giving me these buddy passes, Grayson told me I had to fly dressed appropriately, no ripped jeans.
Continue reading “Looking forward, looking aft: who was I, who am I, who will I become”