Our Path to the Inca Trail

My husband and I are so good for each other.  We had known each other for a long time but had never imagined we would one day be married.  Early in our dating relationship Jeff invited me on a trip with him.  He had planned to hike Half Dome in Yosemite. I wasn’t sure I was up to it but […]

Unfriended

So I realized I had been unfriended on Facebook by a “friend” last week.  It happened innocently.  My husband came home and told me this “friend” was moving back to town.  Then we both realized that it was a surprise to both of us.  It seemed like we would have seen it on Facebook.  I went to check for a […]

Musings about 50

Fifty.  There are fifty states in our great nation. Fifty cents is half a dollar. Fifty years of marriage is considered the “golden anniversary.”   Apparently I am turning 50 this year, in August.  Or as my husband likes to say, “I will be starting my 51st year.”  He has finally learned not to say this to me.  For some reason […]

An American in Cuba: Time to Say Goodbye

It was finally time to say goodbye to Cuba.  It had been a whirlwind tour but one I was so glad that we made. Suzanne and our guide were concerned about checkout for our group.  They said the hotel had agreed to break their usual rules and let us checkout the night before and they were even going to provide […]

An American in Cuba: Day Four Finca Vigia and Fusterlandia

My goodness there is still so much to talk about.  Today we looked forward to what Suzanne referred to as “retail therapy” (we referred to it as helping the Cuban economy), Ernest Hemingway’s house, and Fusterlandia.  Our time would soon be coming to an end in Cuba and it still felt as though we had barely scratched the surface of […]