This story is about renewal in the pause between parenting and retiring. It explores the author's move to Vancouver to return to college while living on a 30 foot sailboat on the Fraser River. The story is comprised of anecdotes and observations of a school year, September through April, set out in chronological order.The dramatic change of environment to urban multiculturalism is observed through eyes accustomed to the quiet rural countryside of Vancouver Island. Establishing a new...