Blue Water

Born a Pisces, Poseidon has always been my God

By: Peter Hunt

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Blue Water.
Nearly two decades after a young-onset Parkinson’s disease diagnosis, Peter Hunt discovers more to smile about every day
as he searches for meaning in life’s daily routine. According to Hunt, happiness is a choice, a coping tool to help humankind deal with pain and discomfort. He contends that when considered with an open heart and leveraged with the genuine kindness of helping others, even partial meaning can unlock a divine joy of presence that overshadows most human suffering. Using this recipe for living, Hunt uncovers fragments of meaning in the most unusual—and often amusing—places. Insightful and inspiring, Blue Water’s 100 vignettes illustrate how great life can be, not despite or because of suffering, but in nature’s reassuring acknowledgment of pain as essential to humanity.

In praise of Blue Water
“It takes humility, courage, perseverance and an exceptionally strong spirit to transform suffering into something meaningful, fulfilling, and even advantageous in life.” —From the Foreword by Mike McCastle


“Life’s challenges often lead us to self-pity and negativity. I met Pete Hunt long ago in the unforgiving and often stressful realm of naval aviation. Nothing I encountered through 34 years in that world begins to compare with Pete’s everyday life in his now decades-long fight with Parkinson’s disease. His determination to embrace joy, despite a steadily worsening condition, is genuinely inspiring, as is evidenced in these seemingly unrelated stories. As you read Blue Water, you’ll see he’s actually stitched together for us the small windows of clarity that help him make sense of and ultimately cope with his reality." —JOE KUZMICK, Rear Admiral, USN (retired) and chair of Seattle area peer advisory boards for CEOs.

About the author.
Peter Hunt's stories—all real-life adventures—unfailingly advance uncommon perspectives and exceptional insights. Hunt was born in New York and spent six years of his childhood in Greece. Hunt, a renegade from youth, made his first four scuba dives before taking the "required" diving class. Soon after moving back to New York in 1979, he became a certified diver and found part-time work crewing on three wreck diving boats based out of New York. In 1983 and 1984, Hunt participated as a crew member on five Andrea Doria expeditions from the deck of the Research Vessel Wahoo. Starting at age 21, Hunt planned and conducted 13 highly technical stage decompression dives, breathing air in excess of 220 feet deep while penetrating far inside the largely intact luxury liner. The Wahoo returned from the Mount Everest of wreck diving, arriving at the Montauk, New York commercial docks welcomed by three area TV news crews as they witnessed the divers disembark with the first publicly disclosed artifacts from the Andrea Doria.

Graduating with a history degree from Brown University in 1985, Hunt joined the U.S. Navy and trained as an A-6 Intruder attack pilot. During his Naval service, he completed three aircraft carrier deployments to the Persian Gulf, Indian Ocean, and Western Pacific over ten years of active duty. Hunt was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and three Air Medals with the combat "V" for "Valor" for heroism while participating in aerial flight during Operation Desert Storm.

After leaving the Navy, Hunt flew for United Airlines as a Boeing 757 pilot. Unable to fly commercially after a young onset Parkinson's disease diagnosis in 2005 at age 43, Hunt began writing in earnest. Peter Hunt holds a master's degree from the University of Washington, is the father of two adult children, and has one grandchild. He is the author of Angles of Attack (2002 & 2011); Setting the Hook (2011); The Lost Intruder (2017); and Beyond Identity (2020), all published by Great Write Books (Angles of Attack first edition published by Random House/Ballantine Books, 2002).