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Essential Marine Life Guides: 11 Must-Have Books for Exploring the Pacific Northwest
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Tidepool Reflections
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A Recipe For a PROPER Cup of Tea
As every British person knows, there is a right way to make a cup of tea—there's also a wrong way.
Scuba Agnostic: AKA, Why I Train Broadly
I’m a PADI scuba diving instructor. I’m also a NAUI/AAUS Scientific Diver, a TDI Tech Diver, have done my GUE fundies, and
12 Non-Fiction Books for New Scuba Divers Based on Real Events
If there’s one thing I’m glad I got my teeth hooked into early in my diving career, it’s non-fiction books about scuba
What It Means to Be Human Underwater
When Ellie Hudson shared a photo she’d taken of me underwater, I was blown away. Not only had she used a simple
Scuba Divers, Before You Consider the Insta360 X4 Be Aware of This Major Flaw
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How Aquatica Digital Kickstarted My Journey into Underwater Photography
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Breaking Surface: The First (More) Realistic Diving Movie
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How to Mark Your Bolt Snaps and Double-Enders (So You Know They’re Yours)
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Keeping a Log Book: Your Essential Tool for Writing Compelling Travel Articles
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Though it’s very little, I appreciate the help. I do not recommend anything
Perfect is the Enemy
Aiming for perfection and then not achieving it is bound to make you feel more like a failure than chipping away at
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Getting Fishy, or Why I Had to Buy a Fisheye Lens
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Love Scuba Diving? Buy a Microscope
When the COVID-19 lockdown began, much like everyone else, I found myself looking for ways to keep busy. I "covid baked." I
A Solution to All Your SD Card Storage and Carry-Case Woes
In January, I hopped aboard the Maldives Aggressor for a week of incredible diving, family time and, well, work. Yes, how I
The Ultimate Cold Water Diving Packing List
A couple of years ago I made my own packing list for cold water diving trips because I noticed that most packing
Success and the Law of Contraction
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Why You Should Hire an Explorer to Do Your Marketing
When you think of “good marketing” what comes to mind? For me it’s something that makes me stop. Something unique. Something different.
13 True Adventure Books for Aspiring Tech Divers (Published by TDI)
Because I am a hopeless wreck diving romantic, I've compiled a list of the great nail-biting reads that over the years have
Book Review—Extreme: Why Some People Thrive at the Limits
When I started reading Extreme: Why Some People Thrive at the Limits, I thought I was in for another slog through psychology studies
Book Review—Deep Descent: Adventure and Death Diving the Andrea Doria
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Book Review: Pirate Hunters
Having read "Shadow Divers," I was expecting another gripping read in "Pirate Hunters." Unfortunately, this book is nothing like "Shadow Divers." It
Book Review: Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness
While I found the subject matter of this book very interesting, a lot of it was not new information. If you don't
Sharks, Salt and Surf: Reenvisioning the Sea
What happens when a non-surfing South African gives surfing a try for the first time? It's quite simple, really: Addiction. Here's my
Book Review: Fatally Flawed
If you're a woman participating in extreme sports, read this book -- you'll realize you're not alone. If you're a man, read
Back to Swimming
Where some people find swimming mundane, I find it both soothing and challenging. It's the one activity that allows me to totally
Book Review: What a Fish Knows
Aside from the fact that this was a New York Times Bestseller, longlisted for the PEN award, and one of the 10
Book Review: Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest
I had this book in my Amazon cart months before I placed the order. Why? Well, I simply couldn't justify the price
PADI Totally Justifies Sailing Fun
In accordance with the PADI Divemaster Manual (page 165 to be precise), there are six skills outside of diver training that will
Book Review: Deep
Before reading this book, my knowledge of freediving encompassed only those few techniques we're taught in scuba diving. If, like me, you've
Book Review: Scuba Confidential
Alongside Diver Down, this should be required reading for both new and experienced divers. It's not a "fun read" per se but
The World is Vast
Ever since discovering scuba diving last August, I haven’t been able to stop marveling at how a single activity can so drastically
Why I Own 101 Tubes of Scuba Goop
The first time I saw scuba goop was at Dive Club. Every new member gets a tube when they join. It looked
Book Review: Diver Down
In my opinion, Diver Down is best read after you've put in few dives but while you are still in the early
Book Review: Diving Into Darkness
It's hard to find a book that can hold you captive when the outcome is not just known from the start, but
Book Review: Shadow Divers
Scuba diver or not, this book will take you 250 feet below the surface, on a journey of suspense. Based on a
Prepping for PADI, Ocean Heebie-Jeebies, and the Next Adventure
On July 11, Eugene Skin Divers Supply’s next PADI Open Water Scuba course begins and… it’s not leaving me behind! Yup, that’s
How to Write When You Have No Idea What to Write
Writing is good, right? If you do it, it means you’re a writer. If you don’t, it means you’re a wannabe. Even
How Copying Others’ Writing Can Improve Your Own
I’m a big fan of copying others’ work in order to learn how to do something new, or do something better. I
The Audience and the Author
When I was 14, I wrote Harry Potter fanfiction. I published a chapter about once a week and then waited with bated
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My favorite, curl-in-the-couch-and-eat-ice-cream feeling blogs have one thing in common: they almost entirely ignore formal grammar and punctuation rules. They misspell words.
The Impossible Task: “Deep Blogging” on the Go
There are many reasons I’ve written so little on this website, chief of which is that I simply can’t upload a post
Website Traffic on the Brain? Your Writing Sucks
Recently I’ve been thinking a lot more about website traffic. How many people are coming to our site? How many social referrals
The Writer’s Relationship with Time
Yesterday, I came across a letter that Charles Dickens wrote to Maria Winter in 1855 – a woman with whom Dickens had
On Writing
If Maggie Stiefvater (a very famous and brilliant YA author) can reuse Stephen King’s ‘On Writing’ title on her own blog, I
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