I just had a conversation with someone, and my thoughts turned to the dating scene. If you’ve read my blog, you know I am a widow after 28 years of a really good marriage. So it has been 30 plus years since I had a date. So I thought I would have some fun and [...]
I played on an amazing high school basketball team. We were very successful as a team, and in all my years of playing and coaching, I never again experienced the “magic” of a true team.
Even though I have moved around all these years, most of the gals still live in my hometown . At one [...]
This trip has been in the back of my mind for three years now. And now, it is three sleeps away.
You’ll know that I am not much of a planner… my go south and turn head east trip last year ended up being a head south and turn west trip. With some North thrown in [...]
That’s what they call Canadians who try to escape the frigid winters. That’s what I tried to do this winter…I mostly succeeded. But where I failed…I failed spectacularly.
I had spent the whole “detour” toodling around the southwest US…nice and warm there…so my wardrobe was pretty much shorts and shirts….one pair of jeans. I should have [...]
I was blessed to see a manta ray as I was returning from the reef at turtle bay. I watched in fascination as this beautiful creature swam towards me, and gracefully glided and landed in the sand right below me.
I stopped swimming, and just floated above it…marveling at this beautiful , graceful creature.
And then…a [...]
You know, I started this blog with every intention of writing about my roadtrip.
But, I took a detour ;-)
To give just a hint….well, I planned to be gone a month. I was away for three. Yup, detours abounded. I came home, and left for Mexico a short while later. Mexico took me to AMAZING places [...]
I think everyone can relate. At least on some level.
You’ve lost something. You’ve misplaced some item. You look, and you look, but damn…you just can’t find them anywhere. And admit it, you go a little nuts. Go a a little anxious, a little OCD…
Your search becomes more and more desperate, as you start [...]
I’ve been loving the detours. really, they have been the best part of this journey.
The unexpected gems. Places I hadn’t planned on going. Places I went to cause they were “only an inch away” on the map. Taking random spins on the Garmin.
I was unaware of how big a deal Thanksgiving is in the [...]
I wanted to be alone for a while. And I am more alone than I could ever imagine. I have driven up a gravel road about ½ mile off the main road in the middle of Joshua Tree National Park – and I have walked about a half mile from the end of that [...]