You can travel all around the world and back You can fly or sail or ride a railroad track But no matter where you go you’re gonna find That people have the same things on their minds Well, hello, hello brother, hello I said hello, hello, brother hello — Louis […]
Expat Life
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“Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it.” — Isaac Newton Last year, Tom and I spent our first Easter in Spain at the home of new friends who […]
I got some groceries Some peanut butter To last a couple of days. — Talking Heads, Life During Wartime On Friday, March 13, I was driving back from a lovely afternoon in the charming inland town of Benidoleig, about 45 minutes from my home. I had met my friend […]
“Dogs have boundless enthusiasm but no sense of shame. I should have a dog as a life coach.” – Moby Chapter 1: Dogland Jávea is a dog town. Practically everyone here has at least one dog, often more. You constantly see people out and about with their dogs and dogs […]
“Woke up, it was a Jávea* morning, and the first thing I knew, There was milk and toast and honey and a bowl of oranges too. And the sun poured in like butterscotch and stuck to all my senses. Oh, won’t you stay We’ll put on the day And we’ll […]
The weather is nature’s disruptor of human plans and busybodies. Of all the things on earth, nature’s disruption is what we know we can depend on, as it is essentially uncontrolled by men.” — Chris Jami Easter Sunday in Jávea dawned chilly and rainy. It had been raining steadily […]
“Do not be to timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. what if they are a little coarse and you get your coat soiled or torn? What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once […]
“Maybe all one can hope to do is end up with the right regrets.” — Arthur Miller The best discovery about Spain so far is that Mr. Clean is called “Don Limpio.” (The second best is that they sell skim milk in Spain. I have never, ever, EVER been able […]
“Don’t be afraid to go where you’ve never gone, and do what you’ve never done, because both are necessary to have what you’ve never had, and be whom you’ve never been.” — Mike Dooley It’s been one month since I left the U.S. for Spain. I grew up traveling and […]