I think I’m more relaxed than I’ve ever been!
In the middle of the night, a pretty fierce storm blew in. The wind blew the rain horizontal-across the porch, through the open window and hitting us on the bed! The sound was quite amazing. E was up till past 2, but I slept well again.
We were [...]

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Today has been heavenly. When we arrived last night, I was worried. I wasn’t feeling well-headache, tired-and I was overwhelmed with culture shock. Shopping and eating seemed overwhelming, and it was more third world than we expected. But, after 12 hours (!!) of sleep, things were different.
Woke up around 10ish. Had some food, noticed the [...]

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Elaine and I ran out of words. There aren’t enough words to describe how great our experience was in Dominica. Beautiful, fun, restful, special, relaxing and awesome are just scratching the surface.
I’ve tried to think some about how to blog about it, and I’ve decided that I’ll simply type in over the next few [...]

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Talk about a plan coming together…
We’ve picked up the hobby of Geocaching. (Short description: use a GPS to find a box hidden by somebody else, who gives the coordinates on the Geocaching website.) Somebody came up with the great idea of a travel bug. It can be anything-a little stuffed animal, a keychain, a trinket, [...]

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Have I mentioned Elaine and I are going to Dominica for our second honeymoon?

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I need input…book reading input!
I’ve told several of you that my goal for reading on our 2nd honeymoon trip next week is to mend some of the gaping holes in my classic literature reading list. I want to spend some time reading truly great books that I haven’t yet read.
Here, not yet in order, are [...]

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