Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability. — Sam Keen It’s early September. The days are still sunny and hot and the sea and the pools still warm, but now, when I awake around 7:00am, it’s dark outside. The solar lanterns we’ve hung around our casita are still glowing brightly. […]
Expat Life
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“Once you begin watching spiders, you haven’t time for much else.” — E.B. White Now that it’s hot, each morning I get out of bed when the sun first peeks over the horizon to water our garden plants. I’m naturally a morning person so I find this task pleasant: walking […]
“I don’t want to go to Heaven. None of my friends are there.” — Oscar Wilde On some mornings, if it isn’t too cold, I head to the port for an open water swim. No matter the day, there is almost always a group of elderly Spanish women already in […]
Charm is a product of the unexpected. — Jose Marti Much of the charm and beauty of a given region lies in those small, out-of-the-way places that rarely appear in travel guides. Indeed, if you were to build a vacation around one of these spots, you’d likely be disappointed. Such […]
Don’t think. It complicates things. Just feel. And if it feels like home, then follow its path. — R.M. Drake The natural world plays a very big role in my feeling at home in the world. Getting to know the terrain, the vegetation, and the animals around me is critical […]
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 […]
“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 […]