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Hurricane Personalities

Posted onSeptember 2, 2021August 24, 2021AuthorCarol Newman Cronin2 Comments

Note: I’m writing this a few days after Hurricane/Tropical Storm Henri hit Rhode Island, and I’m hoping it will seem a bit dated by the time you read it. Because that would mean that we don’t have another storm on Read More …

CategoriesWeatherTagsCarol Newman Cronin, Henri, hurricane

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August, Die She Must

Posted onAugust 26, 2021August 17, 2021AuthorCarol Newman Cronin2 Comments

No matter where we find ourselves, the end of summer is always bittersweet. Read More …

CategoriesSeasonsTagsAugust, Sailing, seasons, Simon and Garfunkel

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Tokyo 2020ne: Inspirational Magic

Posted onAugust 19, 2021August 17, 2021AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Watching Olympic sailing still inspires me to excel at everything I do. Read More …

CategoriesOlympicsTagsCarol Newman Cronin, Gary Jobson, Olympics, Tokyo2020, Tokyo2020ne

Aloha Perspective

Posted onAugust 12, 2021August 10, 2021AuthorCarol Newman Cronin4 Comments

A different view definitely sparks my creativity. Read More …

CategoriesTravel, WritingTagsAloha, Carol Newman Cronin, Hawaii, Transpac Race

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Clicks of Chance: A Profile of Onne van der Wal

Posted onAugust 5, 2021March 1, 2022AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Onne van der Wal tells the story of winning a race around the world, long before he was a globe-circling photographer. Read More …

CategoriesProfile, Sailboat Racing, WritingTagsFlyer II, Onne van der Wal, photography, Seahorse Magazine, Whitbread Round the World Race

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Game of Sails: An Olympic Love Story, now in Audio

Posted onJuly 29, 2021July 13, 2021AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Game of Sails is now available in audio, just in time to celebrate Tokyo2021! Here’s how to get a free copy. Read More …

CategoriesAudio, Books, OlympicsTagsAudiobook, Carol Newman Cronin, Game of Sails: An Olympic Love Story, Olympic Sailing, Olympics, Tokyo2020, Tokyo2020ne

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Tokyo 2020ne: Sailing’s the Easy Part

Posted onJuly 22, 2021July 13, 2021AuthorCarol Newman Cronin6 Comments

Every Olympics is totally different—this one is just more so. Read More …

CategoriesOlympicsTagsAthens 2004, Carol Newman Cronin, Olympian, Olympic Sailing, Olympics, Tokyo2020, Tokyo2020ne

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The Book I WANT to Write

Posted onJuly 15, 2021July 13, 2021AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Working toward the book that I want to write means steering my characters with a firmer hand. Read More …

CategoriesWritingTagsbooks, Lisa Cron, novel planning

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One Design Sailing Fever: Curiosity, Commonality, Contrast

Posted onJuly 8, 2021June 29, 2021AuthorCarol Newman Cronin8 Comments

A step aboard several classic one design sailboats reminds me that winning races is a timeless goal. Read More …

CategoriesSailboat Racing, SailingTagsAmorita, Carol Newman Cronin, classic yacht, Herreshoff Marine Museum, Marilee, one design, racing, sailboats, Spartan

Good Morning! Fiction Writing Restart

Posted onJuly 1, 2021July 1, 2021AuthorCarol Newman Cronin2 Comments

Why taking a break is good for both us and our projects. Read More …

CategoriesFiction, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, fiction writing, perspective, restart

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