Slow Crossings

The Slow Crossing

Season 1, Episode 1. What a Slow Crossing actually is, who it's for, and what it won't do.

May 26 • Sean Carney

14:22

The Bookshop in Bruges

On a city that's been loved into something else.

May 25 • Sean Carney

Begin here.

What this is. How to read it. Whether it's for you.

May 22 • Sean Carney

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The Best Show on the Ship

Three transatlantics in. Still skipping the lounges for the horizon.

May 22 • Sean Carney

1:27

April 2026

Thoreau Went to the Woods. I Went to Costco.

Henry David Thoreau went to the woods in 1845 because he wished to live deliberately.

Apr 21 • Sean Carney

March 2026

The Place I'd Been Looking for My Whole Life Was in the Middle of the Ocean

I spent most of my life looking for a place that felt like home.

Mar 27 • Sean Carney

I Leave Tomorrow

You've been good at things for a long time.

Mar 21 • Sean Carney

February 2026

The Difference Between Leaving and Departing

There’s a moment on a transatlantic crossing — usually around day three or four — where you realize you’re no longer where you were.

Feb 28 • Sean Carney

Seven Days of Nothing But Ocean

What happens when you finally stop moving fast enough to hear yourself think.

Feb 20 • Sean Carney

What Is Slow Travel, Really?

It’s not about pace.

Feb 5 • Sean Carney

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