Navigating life through grandparenthood, chronic illness, dream work, and other inspirations
Over lunch, we google places of interest nearby. Aransas Pass is just north of Corpus Christie on the Gulf Coast. Every major road takes us by waterways, and we have seen numerous shore birds, and even dolphins, just in our drives. I am making mental notes of all the places I want to visit. “I’m […]
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The birds and I rise early, wanting to catch the morning rays. A heron stands sentinel in the distance as fish jump up and down along the canal. The flurry of activity at this hour seems to be concentrated farther along. The air is nippy, and I’ve worn a sweater and a jacket. A small […]
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Buying time –resetting the dial,deviating from the norm… a healing place, here we go again,600 miles from home,recharging batteries… this might have beenan un-lived life. (My challenge this week is to make poetry from previous post titles. For this one, I chose to select only the titles that related to our recent journey.)
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Our car battery keeps draining, and it seems to be a metaphor for our trip southward. After three days of travel, we arrive in Lufkin, Texas where we take some time to organize and clean the inside of the motor home, and sleep. Travelling can be exhausting. Monday morning we head out early for […]
Read MoreIt’s twenty-two degrees celsius here in Lufkin, Texas, where we have stopped for a couple of nights to catch our bearings. Camera in hand, I’ve decided to wander the property, hoping to catch the ducks in the pond by the entrance to the KOA. The ducks are not in residence but I had noticed […]
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The cold is unrelenting, and sleep does not favour us this first night out, so at 4:00 a.m. we decide to take advantage of Walmart’s 24-hour service and get some groceries. The sight of food stirs hunger and from there we find an all night Denny’s and order an early breakfast. That Ric is overtired is […]
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4:15 a.m I am wide awake, my head full of what needs to be done before we set out on our next adventure. Ric is sleeping soundly, so I quietly close the bedroom door behind me and set about my business. Outside the wind howls and as if in response, my right hip aches. Yesterday […]
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