Chica Jo
Re-Imagining the Universe *
Disclaimer: Paul just read this piece and said I sound like a coked-up lunatic. I’ve never used cocaine so I don’t know how he’d know...
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Chica Jo
- Jul 18
- 10 min
FEAR: Getting Bullied
See if you can guess my common denominator in this list: Depression, sharks, heights, visual disarray, cancer, car accidents, loss of my...
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Chica Jo
- Jun 5
- 8 min
Bullseye Electric Ray: A Real Shocker
You know those rare dreams you wake from and can’t shake off because you know, you just KNOW, that your subconscious was trying to tell...
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Chica Jo
- Apr 27
- 8 min
A Terrible Place - Part 2 - Out of the Blue
As another sunset approached our anchorage at super-wild Isla San Pedro Mártir, and the birds began to return to their roosts for the...
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Chica Jo
- Apr 20
- 8 min
A Terrible Place: Part 1 - Into the Blue
terrible (adj.): late 14c., "causing terror, awe, or dread; frightful," from Old French terrible (12c.), from Latin terribilis...
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Chica Jo
- Mar 24
- 8 min
The Monkey on My Back
I swear, I was just minding my own business, doing my early-morning, power swim around a rocky point off the Seri people’s now...
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Chica Jo
- Feb 1
- 10 min
The Troll
Do you remember the children’s story, The Three Billy Goats Gruff? Basically, three goats are longing to feast in the greener grass on...
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Chica Jo
- Dec 22, 2021
- 7 min
Sand Dollars - On Ballast and Buoyancy
I failed at something not only important to me but to my sense of identity as a citizen-scientist and environmental educator. I’ve been...
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Chica Jo
- Nov 10, 2021
- 9 min
Losing My $#!+
One of my operative rules for myself when writing is to be profoundly honest even if, no, especially if it is difficult. Well, this one...
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Chica Jo
- Oct 7, 2021
- 13 min
To Die Laughing
Yep. That’s how I reckon I’ll go out of this absurd world: in a fit of uncontrollable guffaws that become my final gasps. I’ve had some...
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Chica Jo
- Aug 8, 2021
- 5 min
Aquanaut Moms
I’m writing under a chlorophyll-filled canopy of redwood trees, but my mind is on something I found on the beach near La Paz this spring....
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Chica Jo
- Jul 16, 2021
- 5 min
Night Snorkel? What could go wrong?
I’m afraid to write this. I’m worried that if I’m not writing about a jaw-dropping, edge-of-your-seat encounter with large and loveable...
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Chica Jo
- Jun 11, 2021
- 4 min
Turning Ugliness Into Beauty
Keep Reading To Find Out What This Is It’s been an interesting few weeks since my underwater dance with a humpback whale (plus escape...
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Chica Jo
- May 28, 2021
- 9 min
Save the Whale: An Existential Tangle
This blog post is coming from Paul at Triplefin's helm. He has a breathtaking story to tell about something that just happened. You may...
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Chica Jo
- May 11, 2021
- 9 min
Dancing With Whale: Revi Part 2
Yep. That's me dancing with a Humpback. Smooches Gracias to Frida for capturing the most sublime and wondrous moments of my life!...
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Chica Jo
- May 10, 2021
- 6 min
Sleeping With Sharks: Revi Part 1
Paul's pic of a couple tranquil whitetip reef sharks The sharks are coming, sailor's promise, but first it’s time to reveal my vulnerable...
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Chica Jo
- Apr 19, 2021
- 4 min
Devil Fish: What's In A Name?
A pack of wolves, a rabble of gnats, a murder of crows, a flock of birds, a tower of giraffes, a stand of trees, a quiver of cobras, a...
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Chica Jo
- Mar 28, 2021
- 3 min
Flash of Inspiration
Our eyes met and we shared a brief watery waltz along the steep-edged boulder bank of Isla Carmen’s Punta Perico. I was wearing my drab...
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Chica Jo
- Mar 12, 2021
- 3 min
Testing the Waters
Triplefin's dingy at the ready along Isla San Jose's wild East coast It’s been a long year of social isolation for Paul and me aboard...
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Chica Jo
- Feb 4, 2021
- 3 min
The Most Critical Ecosystem You've Never Heard Of
One warm May night while anchored in Bahia Santo Domingo, the gateway to Baja's Bahia Conception, I dragged Paul away from boat work to...
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