Ted Kennedy's Last Sail

There's a wonderful thought floating through my mind. It's about sailing...sailing on a sailboat.
Now, if you've never had the chance to do that, you might have a hard time picturing such a thing in your mind. But I've been
there.
It kind of falls in the same category as snow skiing, drifting through the sky in a sailplane, or driving a convertible with the top down through a beautiful countryside. There's a rush to it, but a calming rush. And there's the invigorating feel of control over a particular power. There's the feeling of just you and nature. It can be hard to describe.
When I turned on the TV this morning, the news said that Ted Kennedy lost his battle with brain cancer during the night.
For some reason, I remembered a picture of him on that big sailboat of his, a grin on his face and the wind blowing through his white hair, and I immediately thought Ted Kennedy had taken his
last sail.
If you watch television, and I believe the entire world does, then I don't really need to tell you who Edward Kennedy was. You'll see a great deal of information about him and his famous family in the news throughout the next several days. But I will say he was one of the most influential and longest-serving senators in U.S. history. He was called "the Lion of the Senate."
If you are interested in knowing more about him, we have these books available for you:
The Kennedy Brothers (929.2S)
Living with the Kennedys: the Joan Kennedy Story (973.92C)
The Education of Edward Kennedy: a family biography (GB Kennedy)
The Senator: my ten years with Ted Kennedy by Richard E. Burke (B Kennedy)
The Last Kennedy by Robert Sherrill (B Kennedy)
Teddy Bare, the Last of the Kennedy Clan by Zad Rust (B Kennedy)
Death at Chappaquiddick by Thomas L. Tedrow (973.494T), and
The Last Brother by Joe McGinniss (973.92M).
Ted Kennedy was 77 years old and leaves quite a legacy.