Fortunately, I had to continue NE in any case for ten days or so to clear the iceberg zone. So I let my mind heave-to for the duration. It was by reading Henri de Monfreid as a kid that I learned the trick: stop thinking, stop acting, make no decisions; time will do its work, soothing everything. Noon sights, food—good, carefully fixed grub, talking to the stove and the pans, asking them for all sorts of advice—long naps, good books and falling asleep after a few pages, climbing to the masthead three or four times a day to look for non-existent icebergs and just to look at things, my yoga
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