YEARS OF DAYS

By Andrew, Sally

Book Id: WPLBN0100751233
Format Type: PDF (eBook)
File Size: 39.13 MB.
Reproduction Date: 1/30/2026

Title:	YEARS OF DAYS
Author:	Andrew, Sally
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Geography, Anthropology, Recreation
Collections:	Authors Community, Adventure
Historic Publication Date:	2026
Publisher:	Sally Andrew

Member Page:	Sally Andrew
Citation APA MLA Chicago Andrew, S. (2026). YEARS OF DAYS. Retrieved from https://www.gutenberg.cc/

Description
As the world gets crazier and crazier every year it seems insanity rules and world harmony gets further and further out of reach. This book is a visual tale of sights, sounds, sailing and the joy of discovery. Come with Sally Andrew as she shares images and random musings of her "Years of Days" - cruising in high latitudes and low, hiking, kayaking, meeting celebrities, making music - across the planet, in far flung corners of the South Pacific, France, Canada, California, Alaska, Hawaii, England . . . All this and more while living a simple life. Impossible? Read on!

Summary
Filled with over a hundred images and random musings, Sally Andrew’s new book “Years of Days” shares memories as she rediscovers the delights of days past and adventures lived. Come with her as she traverses the decades and embraces new lives lived simply – in Canada, California, Alaska, the South Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, France, and England. "Years of Days" is a collection of anecdotes and amazing photos shaded in with details, some bright and others fading. It is not a travel journal. Nor a memoir. "Years of Days" takes you sailing in high latitudes and low, hiking, kayaking, meeting celebrities, making music - across the planet. A life unfurled.

Excerpt
OFF-THE-BEATEN-TRACK LANDFALLS were always a thrill. People in remote villages often got so excited by the site of our sails approaching that by the time we set the hook, their canoes were already launched and paddling towards us. Greetings exchanged and barters made, we would be invited ashore by the villagers and proudly initiated into their way of life and taken to visit their gardens and homes. An immediate welcome! I suppose I could say that visiting Vanuatu rocked my world. It is so amazing. Ni-Vanuatans are warm and welcoming and share everything they’ve got – love, laughs, music, food from their gardens – even though they don’t have much in the way of material goods. To reciprocate their kindness, we gifted t-shirts, batteries, toothpaste and toothbrushes, sugar, flour, tinned meat, rope, etc. Even a solar panel. One day we proposed a sailing trip to a nearby island. The music jam on deck was amazing. When we landed a big fish, smiles doubled in size. There would be a feast in the village that night. The Happy Isles of Paul Theroux? No. Contented islanders? Yes, I think so. Certainly in our time there, the nineties, people were proud of their culture and way of life and had little lust (or the means) for western ways of conspicuous consumption. Perhaps the digital age has changed this. We were the happy ones. Often, when we anchored in front of villages we’d visited in years past, locals would paddle out and welcome us back to their village. “Welcome home!” they’d cry out. Home . . .

Table of Contents
FOREWORD PREFACE REFLECTIONS : 1 THE WORLD GETS CRAZIER – a plea for peace 2 LIFE – it’s the people we meet 3 MY SUN SIGN IS CANCER – home is important 4 ONCE UPON A TIME – shakedown to a simple life 5 IF WE FAST FORWARD – living aboard in British Columbia 6 MEET MY HANDSOME LIFE PARTNER - Foster 7 CRUISING IN MEXICO – sparks fly 8 THIS AMAZING IMAGE – rainbows and remote islands 9 OFF-THE-BEATEN-TRACK LANDFALLS 10 WE ALL MAKE WAVES – conscientiousness 11 VOLUNTARY SIMPLICITY – a choice 12 BIG SEAS – heavy weather 13 FIORDLAND MAGIC – New Zealand cruising 14 DAY SAILING OUT OF LAHAINA – Magical Maui 15 WE OFTEN GET UP AT DAWN – whales! 16 BREAKFAST AT THE PIONEER INN - Haleakala 17 A BRISK DAY WITH NEW FALLEN SNOW 18 TRAPPED IN A BLIZZARD ON SUMMER SOLSTICE – Chilkoot 19 MOONSCAPES AND GLACIERS – exploring Glacier Bay 20 THE BEST DOCTORS IN THE WORLD – sunshine and music 21 JAJOSA EQUALS HARMONY – make music, not war 22 DEPARTURE BAY BLUES BAND – long live the blues 23 SALISH BLUE – musical duo’ing 24 A TRIP HOME – the importance of family 25 OUR BAGS ARE PACKED – westward bound 26 SERENDIPITY STRIKES – our first sail on the Salish Sea 27 THESE THINGS SUIT ME PERFECTLY – life on the tides 28 EUROPEANS EAT SEASONALLY – slow food 29 WHEN WE MOVED TO FRANCE – life on the inland waterways 30 LIFE IN THE PORT OF ROANNE - tranquility 31 I LOVED LIVING ABOARD IN FRANCE – house-less, not homeless 32 JUST LIKE CAPTAIN COOK – Transit of Venus 33 HAPPY COWS AND SUNFLOWER SIGHTINGS – canal cruising 34 SAYING GOODBYE – Alpine adventure 35 WHEN I DREAM – food fantasies 36 AT WALLIS WE MET THE DOCTOR OF TOMBS – a Mayday call 37 IN RETROSPECT – why SEA? 38 WHAT IS A BEACH? - where land meets water 39 A PERFECT WHITE SAND BEACH – green flash and two teachers 40 VOYAGING – smooth sailing, or not! 41 A BOAT IS LIKE A FLOATING ISLAND - microcosms 42 TRADING MADNESS – big panties and banana bread 43 GOING BANANAS – bad luck? 44 EXPLORING THE COASTLINE – kayaking! 45 DON’T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT - essentials 46 INVITATION TO KILL A PIG – what is a penis sheath? 47 TIMES HAVE CHANGED - progress 48 HIGH SCHOOL – I never inhaled! 49 ARRESTED! – busking in London 50 I THINK YOU SHOULD GO TO UNIVERSITY, SAL. 51 CELEBRITY CONFESSIONS - sorry 52 HUNGRY AND COLD – don’t stop paddling 53 BEARS AND BEER - Yosemite 54 SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE 1989 – night sailing 55 SPOOKY NAVIGATION – sailing through a tunnel 56 AS THE YEARS GO PASSING BY - changes ABOUT THE AUTHOR OTHER BOOKS BY SALLY ANDREW