We had just returned from St. John, USVI. The trip is long, with many modes. We rose at the crack of dawn. Drove down to the ferry to St. Thomas. A limo to the airport. Fly to Miami, and from… Continue Reading →
Christmas, 2000 St. John, USVI Last night, up the hill, we heard sweet strains of brazilian combo doing impression of Jobim+Astrud as we danced under the bougainvilla, aromatic and colorful under the night sky, a gentle breeze blew from an… Continue Reading →
Yesterday we took the boat out for perhaps the second time in several years. We had been having a few problems with it, due to age and I’m afraid, neglect. The old battery still had some life in it, but… Continue Reading →
In the smothering blackness of night, I look into my heart and see the abyss. I hear the anguished, hopeless cries of millions of lost souls, agonized by their sins, irretrievable now, and calling out admonishments, vainly pleading to us… Continue Reading →
Our last full day here at Grandview in beautiful St John’s. Yesterday was definitely one for the books. We got up as early as we could and lugged our gear down to the dock at the Westin hotel after picking… Continue Reading →
Physicists claim to have observed subatomic particles (neutrinos), which behave as if they travel “backwards” through time. What can this possibly mean? Are we like passengers playing bridge in a train hurtling through the night past another train going in… Continue Reading →
We got in last night about midnight. The ferry across from St Thomas was plain and simple. We observed many of the local people who sometimes sat taciturn and vacant or idly chatting like anyone on their daily commute —… Continue Reading →
This Christmas we had a fine time. I routinely stuck to my tradition of not putting up the outside lights until at least the fifteenth of december, but monica stopped me short with a question: dad: do you like Christmas?… Continue Reading →
Sun Aug 3, 1997 One of the reasons I want to keep a journal is because I’ve already forgotten what we did the night before last. I remember now. Before Saturday came Friday. And Friday evening I remember as being… Continue Reading →
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