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Carol Cronin and Lenny Rudow win BWI awards

My First Two Writing Awards

Posted onFebruary 18, 2015October 11, 2018AuthorCarol Newman Cronin1 Comment

Boating Writers International’s annual writing contest leads to two new victories. Read More …

CategoriesOlympics, Sailing, WritingTagsBoating Writers International, BWI, Carol Newman Cronin, writing contest

Olympic Sailing: Where Fiction Meets Fact

Posted onDecember 14, 2014December 28, 2015AuthorCarol Newman Cronin1 Comment

How a book club discussion made me realize something new about a story. Read More …

CategoriesBooks, Fiction, Olympics, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, Game of Sails, Olympic Love Story, Severn Sailing Association

High Summer: Making Those February Dreams Come True

Posted onJuly 10, 2014July 21, 2022AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

High summer is the time to bring those midwinter dreams to life. Read More …

CategoriesSailing, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, high summer, Narragansett Bay, New England, summer

Eight Bells: Bob “Buddha” Billingham

Posted onApril 3, 2014January 2, 2024AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Saying goodbye to an important member of the Olympic sailing family. Read More …

CategoriesOlympics, Team building, WritingTagsBob Billingham, Carol Newman Cronin, Olympic Sailing Committee, Olympics, Olympics 2012

Tired of Email? Try Pid-Me

Posted onApril 1, 2014October 27, 2015AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Google brings back carrier pigeon service. Read More …

CategoriesFiction, WritingTagsApril Fools Day, Carol Newman Cronin

Time Capsule of Words: Yesteryear’s Crossword Puzzles

Posted onMarch 19, 2014October 27, 2015AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Another form of time travel: the New York Times Crossword archives. Read More …

CategoriesEditing, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, crossword, New York Times, words

Giving Back on Tin Legs: Hugh Elliot

Posted onFebruary 4, 2014October 27, 2015AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Sailing loses one of its best. Read More …

CategoriesOlympics, Sailing, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, Hugh Elliot, judge, Sailing, tin legs, umpire

Eight Bells: Robert Otis Bigelow

Posted onJanuary 17, 2014November 29, 2017AuthorCarol Newman Cronin1 Comment

Saying goodbye to my sailing mentor. Read More …

CategoriesOlympics, Team building, WritingTagsBob Bigelow, Carol Newman Cronin, Eight Bells, mentor, Olympics, Sailing, Woods Hole Yacht Club

Holiday Book List 2013

Posted onDecember 18, 2013October 27, 2015AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Books for the 2013 holidays, and beyond… Read More …

CategoriesReview, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, J.B. Chicoine, Mark Chisnell, Portrait of a Girl Running, Powder Burn, Spilled Coffee

Books Don’t Change, but the World Did

Posted onNovember 6, 2013May 16, 2017AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

For the past few months, I’ve been rereading some of the old favorites that crowd my bookshelves. Read More …

CategoriesFiction, WritingTagsbooks, Carol Newman Cronin, communication, history

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