Symphony for Sea and Sky
Yesterday morning I woke up around five, jarred from the warm cocoon of sleep by Fuzzy’s digital-dental-drill alarm tone, and by the thought that bed seemed too hot, constricting, and uncomfortable,...
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Bathing Beauties?
Click to embiggen We slept late yesterday, not leaving bed til after seven. “Late,” of course, has become a relative term, but since I’ve been up around five every morning since arriving, I think...
View ArticleA MultiCultural Christmas
We had an intimate but boisterous Christmas Eve, the latest in a week of small Christmas gatherings. Saturday, we went to town for tourist stuff, rather than shopping: a trip through the serpenario...
View ArticleTelephonic (Christmas by the Hour)
9:00 AM: Call from Marina, telling us she’s on the way. 10:00 AM: Call from Helen & Robert: they just got up and will be late. 11:00 AM: Call from friends of parents. “We miss you too much....
View ArticleGroggy
Too much rompope and cidre and not enough water make MissMeliss cranky in the morning. My head is pounding, but I was up at 6 anyway, showered and dressed, and watching the sun rise over the bay with...
View ArticleEnchanted Mangrove Forest
I woke this morning at dawn, with my head spinning and my lips feeling parched, but I couldn’t sleep, so I got out of bed, showered, and joined my mother for coffee. I went back to bed with Fuzzy...
View ArticleOut of the World
Yesterday, our last full day in Mexico, I slept til eight, and it felt like luxury after a week of being up at five. Breakfast was leisurely: yogurt, a bagel, a banana, chai, cranberry juice. I sat in...
View ArticlePlane-ly
Here’s how I spent my day: Up at four – couldn’t sleep. Tried to sleep. Didn’t work. Gave up on sleep at five. Packed. Showered. Woke Fuzzy. Had coffee and a bagel with mom and Ira. Arrived at La Paz...
View ArticleResting States
Sitting in LAX last night, sipping a mocha frapp between planes, and taking a moment to catch my breath, I read a blog comment from my mother, and an email from her as well. I miss her already. The...
View ArticleDream House?
The weekend before we left for Mexico, we attended a dinner party at which one of the hosts asked everyone, “If you could travel to any place in the world, where would you go?” London and Hawaii were...
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