Read aloud to each other. It takes you to a different place. The ancient Greeks put great faith in the power of literature, posting a sign above their library doors descrbing itself as a healing place for the soul.

Make reading dates, turn off the TV and spend some quality time reading a book together. Snuggle up in bed, in a double hammock, in the cockpit or on the bow, on a blanket in the grass or on a park bench.

"What makes lovemaking and reading resemble each other most is that within both of them times and spaces open, different from measurable time and space."
-- Italo Calvino

"The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention...A loving silence often has far more power to heal and to connect than the most well-intentioned words." -- Rachel Naomi Remen

"Life will go on as long as there is someone to sing, to dance, to tell stories and to listen." --Oren Lyons

"The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books." -- Katherine Mansfield

"To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting." -- Edmund Burke

"The more you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go." -- Dr. Seuss

Here are a few books we've loved reading together:
An Embarrassment of Mangos by Ann Vanderhoof
Motion of the Ocean by Janna Cawrse Esarey
The Voyager's Handbook: The Essential Guide to Bluewater Cruising by Beth Leonard