Sitting here in O’Hare on the way back home.  We’ve moved up our flight and now have only an hour and a half wait for the next flight instead of three and a half hours.  I know that several days from now it won’t have mattered much, but at this precise moment it seems like […]

And so it ends.  By this time tomorrow we will be well on our way back to the City by the Bay.  No more snorkeling, no more lazing in the sun in shorts and a tank top, no more conch fritters, daily rum drinks, lizards, egrets, walking around barefoot, and going to bed without watching the nightly […]

It is raining this morning.  First time in the eleven days we’ve been here that it has been anything other than sunny with little puffy clouds.  A cruise ship pulled into port this morning for its one day stay.  For the people on the ship, their only memory of St. Croix will be filled with […]

Up till late last night drinking beer, soaking in the warm Caribbean air, and talking with the couple in the next bungalow.  It’s so interesting how you can meet someone and in a very short time realize how much you have in common in terms of work and family experiences and hopes and dreams for the […]

I seem to have fallen into a pattern.  One day swimming and snorkeling… one day lying on the chaise… repeat.  Today I am on day two of the cycle.  Today is also my wife’s birthday.  It’s not my place to share her age, but I can say she is somewhat older than she was when […]

Went swimming in the ocean this morning before breakfast. About a half mile down the shore and back, weaving in and out past the rocks and caves and coral, checking out the brightly colored fish, and making sure to avoid the spiky sea urchins lounging on their back porches beneath the surface. Looking down at […]

Today we are sitting around doing nothing… which according to my wife, is exactly what she wanted to do on this vacation all along.  Actually, to be perfectly honest, we are reading and I am writing this blog and thinking about the talk I’ll be giving at the Fellowship after we get back home.   […]

Made up for yesterday.  Awoke, staggered onto the back patio, grabbed the snorkel gear and, get this… even before coffee!!!… went in the water and floated face down for an hour or so in the blue Caribbean.  Not a bad way to start the day. Also should mention that last night we met our upstairs […]

Woke up this morning torn between two diametrically opposed desires.  Do I continue to lie here and do nothing… or go out on the chaise on the patio and do nothing… really the same option… or… do I put on my snorkel and flippers and go in the water?  There were positives to doing both. […]

It’s February 29th, the day that comes around once every four years.  At least that what the calendar says.  Otherwise, it simply feels like… today… and that’s a day that comes around every day. We’ve gotten rid of the rental car and are planning to spend the next week here in Paradise just sitting around, […]