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thomas-bachand's picture
Dec.09.2011
Many years ago as a younger man, I spent two years circumnavigating the globe primarily by sea, bus, and train. This around-the-world travel odyssey indellibly shaped the years to follow. As our world has become increasingly interdependent and Americans more aware of our connections to...
gregg-granger's picture
Jun.22.2010
Sailing Faith: The Long Way HomeGregg A. Granger“You’re going to a lot of places where they don’t value human life like we do.” That was the reaction Gregg A. Granger received when sharing with other friends and relatives, his plans to sail around the world with his wife, two teenage daughters, and...
glenda-burgess's picture
Feb.12.2008
“If I had given it much thought, I might have hesitated to marry a man for whom at the age of 45 much of the past was too painful to consider--for either of us. Truthfully, thought had little to do with it. Instinct did--the instinct to seize a sure and ebullient happiness or go down trying.”...