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A Scuba Sort of Day
Former students…. I’m not sure what the stars are doing or what planets are aligned where but today has been a day of scuba decisions. Seemingly from out of the blue I decided to take a side mount...
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Self-Mastery
The last time I was in an underwater cave was April 6th, 2010. Over three and one-half years ago I was at Peacock Springs State Park and dove in 25 foot viz in green water. I spent 54 minutes with two...
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Angels Among Us
Over 28 years ago I was sitting in Centennial Park in Nashville, Tennessee. Going through a major upheaval in my life caused me to seek guidance from a therapist and I was using the before-session time...
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Enter the Darkness
The water suddenly lit up and I could see the turquoise-tinted liquid as the diver rapidly slipped past, his scooter pulling him like a chariot to the mouth of the cave. Within moments the entrance...
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No Ego Needed
Pam Wooten, Jill Heinerth, Simone Lipscomb. Photo by Rick Crawford. The weekend before the New Year found me in Cave Country–North Florida–once again. I was drawn there to take a course in side mount,...
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Within the Earth
Me, and two dive buddies…Rick Crawford and Renee Power…and another diver we met after diving. Sinking down…down through the large crack in the floor of the cave…floating gently down into the belly of...
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Alive in the World
Photograph of me by Renee Power White line spun off the reel as I frog kicked through the water-filled tunnel. Out of the green light of the cavern zone through limestone walled wetness, around a sharp...
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A Personal Odyssey
As I floated in the fresh, blue-tinted spring water I gazed into a sea of green leaves outlined by cerulean sky. Reflecting back into the cave I had just exited with my friend, I smiled and whispered...
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Earth Celebration
Today is the day we set aside to celebrate our beautiful planet…Earth….Gaia….Mother Earth…Pachamama…The Blue Planet. I’m sitting here in my little motel room in High Springs, Florida, with the door...
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Within The Earth
Cave entrance, Akumal, Mexico…coming again in October! Weightless in clear, fresh water within the Earth is where I found myself this afternoon. I feel so grounded and joyful. And clear…really clear. I...
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Eating Cookies, Looking for Crocodiles
The title is no joke. That’s exactly what was happening in my world this morning before diving at Cenote Carwash. Except I wasn’t eating the cookies….but I was quite interested in the crocodile. For...
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Dream Gate
The gently rolling waves put me into a trance and I find it difficult to come back to waking consciousness. But rather than roam the reefs of the sea, I float–in my half-sleeping state–among formations...
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Dos Ojos…The Eyes Have It
It’s four o’clock in the afternoon. We finished diving in Cenote Dos Ojos at 10 a.m. and I’m still in my bathing suit. The dives were fantastic and processing the photographs taken on the dives has...
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Enter the Light
Can’t recall ever having as much fun diving as I did the past four days. I was thinking….so many dives….over 600 in the past 15 years….but these last ones have been off-the-scale fun. Why is that? I’ve...
View ArticleFear…The Thief of Life
I watched a YouTube video a guy created when he sailed across the North Sea solo during the winter. Crossing the North Sea Singlehanded is the title. It wasn’t across the entire North Sea…I think from...
View ArticleThe Paths We Tread
During this long Threshold experience there has been much time to reflect on this juncture in life. For over two years there has been intense consideration but in reality the question Why am I here?...
View ArticleDos Ojos…The Eyes Have It
It’s four o’clock in the afternoon. We finished diving in Cenote Dos Ojos at 10 a.m. and I’m still in my bathing suit. The dives were fantastic and processing the photographs taken on the dives has...
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Can’t recall ever having as much fun diving as I did the past four days. I was thinking….so many dives….over 600 in the past 15 years….but these last ones have been off-the-scale fun. Why is that? I’ve...
View ArticleGrateful for a Fantastic Year
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