The Family Photo You Cannot Take on a Boat: Why the Best Water Days Have No Itinerary
There is a kind of summer photograph that almost every family recognizes. Nobody is standing in a row. Nobody is dry. Nobody has been told to look at the camera. There is a pile of towels somewhere. A pair of sunglasses is sitting beside an open cooler. One child is halfway back onto the floating […]
The Waterline Effect: Why Families Feel More Together When the Boat Gets Out of the Way
Somewhere out on the water, a father is telling a story nobody can hear. His daughter is perched on the swim step, his partner is under the bimini, and a son is circling the stern on a board. They are all enjoying the same afternoon, but they are not quite inhabiting the same place. The […]