Top 3 ways to enjoy your vacation with your kids

Top 3 ways to enjoy your vacation with your kids

Sometimes, admittedly, I think of the words, “vacation” and “kids” mixed together, and I feel guilty and woeful.  The equation has often equaled exhaustion; fun, but the drop-down-on-the-hotel-bed-I’m-beat-by 5pm sort of amusement. I loathe ever having to say, “Well, it was fun for the kids!” with a wince and lilt in my voice that suggests … Continue reading »

On Hudut and Huggability

Reblogged from Four Tickets Please: Miss Therese peels the plantains “I tell you no lie, its hard work. ” Therese said.  She herded the girls out in the yard with her grandchildren.   “We will call them in when we need them. Right now, you need to help me with those plantains.”  The sticky sweet resin … Continue reading »

Caye Caulker Barefoot

Caye Caulker Barefoot

When were you at your best, in a place that you felt the most alive? For us, it was Caye Caulker. The small island, just east of the mainland of Belize, 15 minutes by plane, and hour by boat, captured us willingly. From the minute we stepped off the water taxi, on to the echoey … Continue reading »

On Hudut and Huggability

On Hudut and Huggability

“I tell you no lie, its hard work. ” Therese said.  She herded the girls out in the yard with her grandchildren.   “We will call them in when we need them. Right now, you need to help me with those plantains.”  The sticky sweet resin of the skins pulled at my hands like rubber glue.  … Continue reading »

Now the work begins on Belize

Now the work begins on Belize

Its cold here because it has to be. Home in Maine, the weather is seasonably frigid with wisps of snow and rain.  It suits the mood as a finish to the three months I toured in Belize.   I have to have contrast from the bright, saturated colors of the oceans and bush.  I have to … Continue reading »