Americas Cup and those wonderful fabulous Kiwis!
by Rebecca Mance on 09/23/13
I admit, I knew nothing of sailing. I am pretty certain I have never been on board a sail boat in my life. I thought it took a bit of wind, knowledge and hard work, of course, always hard work to do a thing like that well. You can just tell it is not easy. But what a Blessing that did bring the Americas Cup to San Francisco. Along with those crazy and wonderful Kiwis and Aussies and British, Swedish, met some fine French folk too. I think there were some fun Germans in there somewhere too.
Though, I admit that I have LOST 10 American Flags (Tiny Freedom's Front Doors) to many a fun Kiwi who indulged my spirit when all hope did seem lost. My flags have chips and I will find each and every one of you. Ha. That was a joke.
Though from the size of the Kiwis, well, they look like Vikings to someone my size. So maybe I'll just let those flags make their way back to New Zealand. Perhaps I need to travel there to find out what happened to them.
I have had a grand time learning about sailing, and yes, not this book but the next one is going to have a scene from the America's Cup. It has been an amazing time even for a girl who has never sailed in her life. Living vicariously is so fun too.
I had a few rather lonely days with my American flags on the docks, and those Kiwis were nice to me when we were down 8 to like 1. I can't believe it. It has been a fun journey. Tomorrow, I will be watching from a high rise, but if I had any flags left that the Kiwis didn't BORROW over the weekend while I was getting an extra sparkling wine here and there from nice people and we know who you are, thank you.
I might head down to the docks. The trouble is, with all those wonderful places to stop and chat, I would never get back to what I should be doing on a Tuesday.
So, I say to you wonderful and fun Kiwis, just make sure you bring my ten flags back in a few year, no matter how tomorrow and the next day might go, as I am hoping for a few more wins. But if not, you might decide that America is a good place for a race. Next time, next time. And I will come armed with many more flags. Only next time they will be too large for your bags.
It has been a wonderful and memorable few weeks, despite I didn't know a thing about sailing, and still know very little. Yes, I will post pictures eventually on my website. It will be called, "What I did in 2013", filled with photos of all of the adventures I have had and will have.
Amazing adventures. All are going to find their way into one book or another. Because when people touch me, they find their way to my heart and my books. But for the America's Cup, it has been so "utterly brilliant" (I picked that up from the Kiwis).
It is a scene from the book after the current one I am SO trying to finish but get distracted by invading Kiwis and the like. Next book will feature the friend of the current leading lady. No hints.
I want to point out that when coming back to SF I never thought I would need to bring large flags. Or any flag. For that matter, I could not believe when the Kiwis showed up with big flags. Well, next time I will recruit mine from home along with my two soldiers, then, you will see some flags that will not be so easy to borrow. The Kiwis had much bigger flags, they laughed at my small ones that are now missing, but I waved my with such enthusiasm and, hum, they brought magic in the moment. No wonder they went missing!
No, not much work happened on my current book. But work did happen on the next book. I got distracted by the sailing and those wonderful crazy Kiwis.
Many Blessings and God-Speed Home from San Francisco. It has been an amazing experience, and so worth the set-back to book writing.
Thank you too everyone I met. Thank you for the journey.
Blessings again and God-Speed home, but bring those flags back again, or at least replace them with New Zealand flags!
Sincere love and regards,
Rebecca
