Field notes

We replaced a simple yes-or-no question with a five-star rating, and almost nobody bothered to answer.

A much bigger salary somehow left me in debt, and it took a binder full of graph paper to get me out.

A tiny synthesizer I had no business buying turned seven hours on a flight home into my first whole piece of music.

We finally crossed the strait, dodged a navy ship in the fog, and added calling for a tow to our list of sailing accomplishments.

I bought a forty-foot sailboat, confidently tried to leave the dock, and discovered that it helps to untie all the lines first.