Jeananne Kathol Kirwin lives in Edmonton, Alberta with her husband and four children. Although she is a practicing lawyer and erstwhile sailor, her childhood dream to become a writer was rekindled during the sailing sabbatical that is the subject of her new book Greetings from Cool Breezes  ---(Borealis Press, 2005).

Her travel writing has been short-listed for the CBC Literary Awards competition, and appears in an anthology entitled Outside of Ordinary (Second Story Press, 2005).

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails.

Explore. Dream. Discover. – Mark Twain