Not long after I turned forty, I sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in a tiny boat with no engine and a bucket for a bathroom. For sixteen days I didn’t see land. It was a mid-life adventure of epic proportions, …
I Learned a Big Life Lesson on a Very Small Boat Read more »
NOT ON ANY MAP: One Virgin Island, Two Catastrophic Hurricanes, and the True Meaning of Paradise is an adventure story, a love letter to the island of St. John, and a warning about climate change. What is paradise? That’s the …
Inspiring Memoir by Margie Smith Holt Debuts at #1 on Amazon Bestseller List Read more »
Central Park Says Goodbye to Retiring Shakespeare Gardener To business that we love we rise betime, And go to ‘t with delight. –William Shakespeare The Bard might have been talking about Larry Boes when he wrote those words. For the past …
Three years ago this weekend I watched a weary band of sailors in Coral Bay, St. John, pull off an extraordinary feat. They held their annual Thanksgiving regatta, just weeks after being decimated by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, two back-to-back …
Concert halls may be closed, but the music plays on. Throughout the COVID pandemic, The Philadelphia Orchestra has been offering free streaming of past live performances, as well as specially curated concerts featuring musicians playing from home. This week’s offerings …
Women Are On Stage, At the Podium, and In the Repertoire Read more »
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. –Berthold Auerbach The performing arts have always been a vital part of our lives and now, with re:Write, we are fortunate to have as clients some of the world’s …
Everybody here on St. John is talking about the weather. There’s something out there. It’s not Florence, or Gordon. It doesn’t even have a name yet, isn’t technically a storm, but it’s out there, coming off the coast of Africa, …
Sunday morning and we’re walking along the Leinster Bay Trail. It’s different. There are rocks and coral where there used to be dirt. A beached boat blocks the path, a cartoon snorkeler painted on the side looking surprised to be …
We love the performing arts at re:Write, and we’re honored to have some of the world’s most prestigious arts organizations as our clients. As we begin 2018, we are busy with the San Francisco Symphony, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s …
Just in time for Christmas, we’ve got photos from Thanksgiving, or, more accurately, “Thankspigging,” the community feast held every year in Coral Bay, St. John. Power and phone service are only now coming back to the far side of the …