The beauty of relationships in transition
Lately, I've been pondering on the challenges of living with an ill or dying partner. It's one thing for a healthy young couple to commit to "in sickness and in…
De-Cluttering: Stuff or Stories?
Bob and I sat down today for one of those difficult discussions. It’s time (again) to de-clutter and downsize. We already did that ten years ago, when we moved to…
Too old to Travel?
A decade or so ago, I foolishly believed we could chart aging as we did preschool development. As parents, we all knew that those first years of a baby’s development…
Costa Rica. Worth a Return Trip
It’s not likely that we will ever again visit Costa Rica, but of the places we have been, it is the one to which we would return. One of the…
Another resort…and a passenger story
We are slowly realizing that all of these Mexican Pacific ports are resorts featuring beaches, fishing and shopping. So, I cancelled my tours for today and tomorrow with plans to…
The tame, fit for older folk, gondola ride over the Costa Rican jungle.
Fit to Travel?
As our ship neared the Arctic Circle last year on our 46-day cruise, I had an episode of GI bleeding later attributed to strong coffee mixed with strong painkillers and…
Tossing out the fantasies
We first snorkled more than 50 years ago in a sheltered cove in the Virgin Islands and snorkled in the Caribbean on vacations for years after that. My first snorkeling…