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Moments in Time are stories of people with conflicts and their resolutions-some good, some bad: A young boy experiences his first confession. Sent to get fish for dinner, a youngster performs a heroic act. An adolescent in a forest cutting firewood results in personal injury. A musician sells his soul. A sailor-wanderer shares his witness to the dark side of humanity. A teenage boy wants to know who his father is. A grandfather takes the law in his own hands for his daughter and grandson. Struggling for fulfillment, a retiree finds the answer in a child. Bordering on madness, a man is...

Chris O'Lavin persuades his wife, Nora, to go on a Caribbean cruise. He hopes that it will bring back passion in their marriage. Flying to Grenada and setting sail, each day the Blue Fin Clipper anchors at different islands: Carriacou Island, Tobago Cays, Palm Island, Mayreau Island, and Bequia Island. Unlike Nora, the three-mast sailboat, the natives, their ways and history excites and fascinates Chris. Tropical sun and breezes, aquamarine sea, snorkeling, palm trees, fine-sand beaches, friendly people, delicious food and drinks, deck socials, spectacular sunrises and sunsets do not remedy...

In the 1990s and early years of my retirement that began in 2000, my wife, Dorothy, and I made frequent Caribbean Islands excursions with Windjammer Barefoot Cruises. In tall, three-mast sail ships we anchored at numerous exotic port-of-calls, many too small to accommodate large cruise ships. In addition to the pleasure of the sea, sand, and sun, we learned of cultures strongly tied to United States' early history - I'm referring to the conflict for dominance of the area and the slave-trade. The Caribbean Islands were a drop-off point for African slaves before being transported to the...