Adventures of a curious mind

A few years ago I lived in Edmonton. For exactly 2 cold and snowy years. I was there for work and I remember telling my manager, who was Edmonton born and bred, how much I missed the trees and the ocean. I had exchanged my green home in Vancouver for a great job and endless…

An adventure. A surprise. An unknown destination. That was all I had to go on when my friend Jill asked me to hold a spot in my calendar for a particular Sunday, in close proximity to my birthday. I confess I did not think about it much in the intervening days. I trusted Jill’s judgment,…

This is no secret to anyone that knows me in the slightest – I am a coffee person. I started drinking coffee when I was 19, and only black because additions were unavailable at the time of my first cup. This is a decision I have not regretted. I continued to drink black coffee my…

Following our day in Upcountry we decided to spend Saturday on the beach. It was such a relaxing day, though by mid-afternoon we were staring in the face of boredom. I finished another book making two in one week. This is a 100% improvement over my previous year-to-date total of two. I need to make…

Yesterday we left the ocean and the beach behind to head for ‘Upcountry’! Together, Rick and I had done a bit of research to understand where to spend our time. Our final destination was the peak of Haleakala at sunset. We were in no real rush to get there, and our investigations provided a host…

The thing about a Maui vacation is that it is not very busy. This creates some challenges for me personally as I am typically a very, very busy person. Rest is good and my back is feeling better (thank you sun and ocean). But the days can be slow, filled with lots of lying about…

The headline is about the green turtles because, in the end, that was most definitely the highlight of the day for me. The rest was quiet and maybe just a little foggy in comparison. Rick was out early for his rowing adventure. It seems he had a good time in a boat with 3 women,…

That was what we woke up to. It is the combination of the salty ocean, warm sand, plumeria, all manner of tropical plants, and a little bit of residual coconut sunscreen. The moon was still peaking at us between the palm trees as we drank our morning coffee and watched the birds waking up. That…

Ugh – what an early start. Our flight was at 9:30. I set my alarm for 6:00 but was up and moving before 5:00. In life before the pandemic I travelled constantly. I knew what to expect. I knew what to do. And I was comfortable with all of it. But things are different now.…

In a normal blog world the newest posts would be at the top and the older ones lower down. I am ‘somewhat’ bound by rules so feel the urge to organize my Croatia posts that way, even while threading in current posts. But… this blog is new, and so are many of you. I want…