At Sea at Sixty

by Stewart-Roache, Catharine; Roache, Patrick J.

• ISBN13: 9780913478103
• ISBN10: 0913478105
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-07-01
• Publisher: Hermosa Pub

Table of Contents

Introductions	1	(10)
Sailing into Old Age	3	(3)
Dreaming from a Desert	6	(5)
Port of Embarkation: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	11	(6)
Our Neighbouring Country	13	(4)
The North Pacific Ocean	17	(8)
My First Ocean	19	(1)
Crossing the Deep in Storms	20	(3)
Getting My Bearings	23	(2)
Kobe and Japan	25	(18)
A Coast of People	27	(3)
Reconstructing in Japan	30	(2)
Polite Japan	32	(1)
Communicating in Japan and the World	33	(2)
My Urban Problems	35	(1)
Modeling the Experience of Aging	36	(4)
Passing Thoughts	40	(1)
Sayonara	41	(2)
The China Seas	43	(20)
Reflecting After Kobe	45	(1)
Apologizing for Hiroshima	46	(6)
Guilt and Personal Battles	52	(2)
Religion as Poetry, Religion as Politics	54	(6)
Core Matters	60	(3)
Hong Kong and China	63	(28)
Land of Many Dragons	65	(2)
Ferrying in Hong Kong	67	(6)
A Work of Art	73	(2)
Cruising The Li River	75	(4)
Capitalist Hustle in Communist China	79	(8)
Hong Kong Farewell - Auf Wiedersehen	87	(4)
South China Sea	91	(6)
Conversations, Reflections, and Diversity	93	(4)
Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) and Vietnam	97	(14)
``Madame, Madame, Postcards''	99	(2)
The World Heritage Site of Halong Bay	101	(6)
The Bottom	107	(1)
Puzzling Out Vietnam	108	(3)
More South China Sea and The Straits of Malacca	111	(6)
Calm Waters, Unsettled Thoughts	113	(1)
Preparing for an Islamic Country	114	(3)
Penang and Malaysia	117	(12)
Equatorial Diversity	119	(3)
``Take Care''	122	(3)
Searching for Beauty in Malaysia	125	(4)
The Adaman Sea and Indian Ocean	129	(4)
Preparations for the Indian SubContinent	131	(2)
Chennai (Madras) and India	133	(24)
India, Ready or Not	135	(6)
Flunking India	141	(16)
The Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea	157	(12)
Time for Some Heavy Thinking	159	(7)
Dying in India	166	(1)
Healing Waters	167	(2)
The Sea of Aden, Red Sea, Suez Canal, and Mediterranean Sea	169	(8)
Imagining the Past	171	(6)
Haifa and Israel	177	(22)
Not So Safe Harbor	179	(1)
Misinformation Galore	179	(4)
Baha'i	183	(4)
Exploring	187	(1)
Curfews	188	(1)
Beautiful Galilee	189	(2)
On Our Own	191	(2)
Praying in the Evil Land	193	(4)
My Last Time	197	(2)
The Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Sea	199	(10)
My God, Your God	201	(7)
Shalom	208	(1)
Istanbul and Turkey	209	(20)
Crossroads of the World	211	(4)
The Bosporus River - Awaiting Armageddon	215	(3)
Sufi Chanting	218	(4)
Buying in Turkey	222	(2)
Big City Danger	224	(1)
Last Day in Istanbul	225	(4)
The Aegean Sea and Dardenelles	229	(8)
Sore Throats and Hailstones	231	(1)
Gawking at Rainbows	232	(1)
Grandmother Sea	233	(4)
Civitavecchia and Italy	237	(10)
Bon Giorno, Italia!	239	(3)
Motoring in Italy	242	(5)
The Mediterranean Sea, Again	247	(8)
Enduring Sea, Enduring Art	249	(3)
Landmarks	252	(3)
Casablanca and Morocco	255	(8)
Last Port and New Continent	257	(1)
Disappointing Casablanca and Moroccan Manners	257	(2)
Roman Volubilis, on the Way to Fes	259	(1)
You Must Remember This	260	(2)
Leaving for Home	262	(1)
The Atlantic Ocean	263	(16)
Crossing the Deep in Tranquillity	265	(1)
The Last Ocean	265	(1)
Searching for a Mobile Sea	266	(1)
Degenerating Diets: Food and Other Fads	267	(4)
Exercising and Eating	271	(4)
Panning the Crowd	275	(4)
Port of Disembarkation: Miami, Florida, U.S.A.	279	(4)
Docking in Miami	281	(2)
Afterthoughts	283	(11)
Missing Our Floating Village	285	(3)
``Extreme'' Lists and Currencies	288	(2)
Action Items	290	(1)
Confessions of an Optimist	291	(1)
So! What About Aging?	292	(2)
Sea Moods	294