Category Archives: Travel

Expat Fever

Hello, for the last time this year, from the Big Blue! Prez and me with Onu the Xmas turtle On my lifetime “To Do” list, I’m thankful to report, I can now check off “eat pressed turkey roast for Xmas … Continue reading

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100% Turkey

Hello again from the Big Blue! Here’s a surreal moment for you: standing in a little grocery store, in shorts and a tank top, sweating, watching everyone else sweating, feeling the heat draining every last ounce of energy from your … Continue reading

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Changing Course

Hello again from the Big Blue! The tell tale signs of summer are here: tin foil on the bedroom window, pillows hanging on the line (to get rid of that funky smell), extra goodies in the store for Xmas. Ah … Continue reading

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I Once was Lost…in Richmond

Hello again from the Big Blue! Vacation over and back to reality. This past week, reality included having a dead rooster thrown at our window, Prez getting bitten by a centipede (very painful), and the field behind our house catching … Continue reading

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About Face

Hello from in-between! WOW. Two weeks. Feels like two minutes and two years at the same time. I’d planned on posting little dispatches during my two week hiatus in civilization but I learned something about myself during this fortnight. Number … Continue reading

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Do the Limbo

Hello from the big city of Rarotonga!   I’m in the Aquarius Hotel, killing eight hours while I wait for my flight to Los Angeles. Did I neglect to mention I’m heading home for a two week visit? Sorry. Just … Continue reading

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I’m Hot! No, really…I’m HOT…pass the beer!!!!

Hello again from the Big Blue! Here’s a bad combination: two pina coladas, one martini, two glasses of red wine, one beer, and one glass of port. Yes, I drank all this last night…and I thought my wacky highschool drinking … Continue reading

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It’s a Gas

Hello again from the Big Blue! The wind blows, the coconuts fall, the cats sleep – this is life lately. A good time for a little housekeeping, both of the figurative and literal variety. Tiger Lilly on her namesake…"Smart Tiger" … Continue reading

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The Moral of the story is…

Hello again from the Big Blue!   And the sign said long haired freaky people need not apply So I tucked my hair up under my hat and I went in to ask him why He said you look like … Continue reading

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Methinks the Lady doth Protest too Much

Hello again from the Big Blue!   I’m giving this week’s Scootie Award to myself. I can’t say I’ve done anything to deserve it but I accidentally burned my leg on the tail pipe a few days ago and, in … Continue reading

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