Posted On: February 20, 2009
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Why Grenada? Nobody we know has gone there. Research sources barely mention it. And except for that invasion in 1983, most Americans hardly know of it. Yet it rose through the sea of possibilities and…
Posted On: January 31, 2009
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Frustrations proliferate, from kids over-acclimated to island time to music books lost in the mail. Still, we agree with the many (also biased) families we meet who say, “Kids get more education from seeing the…
Posted On: January 21, 2009
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Barack Obama became president of the USA, and the whole world, and Bequia today. There was a Big Party of Americans at a fancy new beach bar with a Big TV, but we missed it…
Posted On: December 30, 2008
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A private landing assures much untouched booty.
Focusing on fatherhood may be more natural and convenient when we’ve stepped away from our routines and out of (most) ruts. And for that, I’m grateful! Pursuing mutual…
Posted On: December 10, 2008
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A loon was calling its unmistakable cry this morning. What the!?! Poor creature needs to get out of town; the windchill is -10 this morning. Has the bird (have we all) gone loonie? Yes, I…
Posted On: November 19, 2008
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A dear friend whom I’ve known since I was 5 sent me this. RULES from a club we had as 4th graders. We met twice a week (or more) under a stairway in his house.…
Posted On: October 28, 2008
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2 fishermen just leisurely floated by, both on cell phones.
Ish! Even guys who fish?
But of course. Often these days while I toil in the office or gardens, I hear some booming male voice…
Posted On: October 2, 2008
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The soon-to-be southbound loons were crying before I even got outside today, long before sunrise.
Dew clung to the grass like millions of tears from the heart of the earth.
Geez, I hate to be…