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Update #15: Hello Again! One Simple Question Update.
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Posted on November 11, 2011
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Update #14: One Simple Question Update #14
Hello! OSQ is now finished with filming and will begin post production. Thank you all for your support.We are sending out the Kickstarter rewards now and hope to have the completed by the end of the month.
In the meantime, check our website for updates, blog posts, photos, etc.
Thanks so much!!
Sincerely,
Teresa, Derek, Ben, Chris, Larissa, and Dory.
Update #13: On The Air!
Last week, on Thursday, Jenn Sheppard and The Cull House hosted a Meet-Up with Ben and I in Sayville, NY. There were many guests there. Some were famillar with our film project, others were interested in knowing about our sailing travels, and others were there to support us as friends. All in all, everyone had a great time. The food was excellent and spirits were up. During the Meet-Up we met a woman named Habanero who then hosted us as guests on her radio show called Whatever Floats Your Boat on WUSB 90.1. The following morning, Habanero welcomed us into a small control room, its walls decorated with hundreds of stickers. Habanero, being a fellow sailor, asked a lot of great questions about our upcomming trip and the transition to sailing aboard one boat together. You can read more about it and listen to the entire talk here: http://sailingsimplicity.com/whatever-floats-your-boat/
There is only a few days left to raise the funds we need to make this film excellent. Please pass the link around to your friends and share with them the exciting news about the growth of the project, and how they can become involved.
Sincerely,
Teresa and Ben
The Meet-Up at The Cull House:
Update #12: One Simple Question Update: Educational Outreach!
Things are rolling along quickly for One Simple Question. Just last week, we made an agreement with an educational non-profit called SEEDS, which provides after-school programming to students in 12 different schools. Part of their goal is to “help students and families begin to think locally and learn how to live a simple and healthy lifestyle – and in the end discover how rich and full that feels.” I was so excited when SEEDS contacted me to discuss a collaboration. I’ve been an educator for many years, and had been searching for such a partnership. Now we are beginning to plan the details of the educational outreach component to One Simple Question. As One Simple Question continues to expand, so do our needs. We only have a few more days for our Kickstarter fundraising campaign. We are very grateful to have reached our minimum budget goal, but our real budget is higher than that. All the money that is donated goes exclusively to equipment for the film and outreach project. Please continue to spread the word in order to help generate more support.
Update #11: Great News Today!
Great news today! Together we reached our minimum fundraising goal for moving forward with this film project. And the best part is, there is still eight days left to build more support for the film!
This evening I taught Benji to sew. He is trying to repair his sail cover and concentrating very hard on keeping a straight line.
Have a good night! Thanks for being a part of this.
Sincerely,
Teresa
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Kristi Maines on May 4, 2011
Benji, I can send you a simple pattern for a shirt, unless you prefer to sew in the nude. Ha ha!
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marv vanderslik on May 5, 2011
Teresa/Ben,
I see that you have not announced your decision on who will be the captain of the
boat. I think your story has more appeal/interest if female/Teresa is chosen
captain. Breaking the sexist assumption of the male/Ben being captain will
generate more interest in your adventure. Don't take the easy way out and choose
"co-captains", choose either Ben or Teresa (not the cat) -
teresa carey on May 8, 2011
Thanks Marv! More to come on this topic. We are still discussing it.
Teresa
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Then we’ll send you an extra special gift. Please be patient. We are going to send you a matted and signed, print of an original Adam D Smith nautical oil painting. You can preview some of is beautiful art by visiting www.adamdsmith.com. You can also have all your questions personally answered about livingaboard, solo sailing, buying a boat, working as a sailor, getting a US Coast Guard license, how to do a handstand in bucking seas, or even Teresa’s secret cure for seasickness. Ben and Teresa look forward to a consultation with you via phone or video chat. (+ photo postcard + an exclusive glimpse behind-the-scenes + film credits)
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Thank you! Thank you! For even just reading this far. We’re excited that you are considering such a generous donation. For a contribution at this level you’ll enjoy all the above rewards, plus we will honor you with a single page recognition in the film’s credits as Executive Producer. Then we’ll also send you all the rewards listed above.
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In 2008 Teresa met Ben. Both being solo sailors and liveaboards, they traveled thousands of miles together, each in their own boat. This project will be the first that unites them in one boat. Teresa has a BS in Environmental Science from the University of Michigan and a Master of Arts, Fine Arts. Currently Teresa is an Oceanography educator and dance team coach. She writes regularly for her blog sailingsimplicity.com. Ben pursued a degree in Human Ecology with a focus in marine biology. Ben is also a talented drummer a successful independent web designer. He works and lives on his boat Elizabeth, which can often be found sailing alongside Daphne, Teresa’s boat.
