Thrive, Life is your Opportunity!
We woke up Thursday morning in Porto Portugal. We leave Tuesday late at night for the last leg of our trip, Iceland. We are in Porto because it is cooler than the oven that is much of Europe and Spain, and it is one of the departure areas for a return to the states. Porto to Iceland to Seattle is a …
[Read more...] about First Day In Portugal: Tourists and tourists and tourists oh my!!!!!!
Life can feel like a whirlwind, is it though? Might just be an adrenaline fueled trick of the mind. I haven't written for a few days. Time has felt compressed. Living space felt compressed. It is only Thursday, feels later than that. Tuesday we had to check out of our rental in Oviedo at 11am. I had …
[Read more...] about In and Out of the Vortex: Trains, Vigo, Porto
The message has spread and an Asturian has taken to the streets! The gentleman got quite the kick out of my wanting a picture of his cap. It is good to spread happiness. Yesterday was supposed to be a trip to the beach town of Gijon. That would have been a reward for many hours this week …
[Read more...] about MAGA! The best laid plans, permanence, cleanliness
We walked into the mist again this morning and a favorite song from my absolute favorite Bob Marley album Kaya (1978) kept running through my head. That was fine as I love the song. One slight alteration, my brain always wants to change the beginning to, "Misty morning and the weather is fine". I do …
[Read more...] about Misty Morning, Mysteries I Just Can’t Express: Marley
In 1967 a "psychedelic" pop song from the musical Hair, later recorded by the Cowsills hit the charts. In my rebellious rock and roll youth the song was too poppy for me. The lyrics stuck in my head anyway. "I saw her sitting in the rain Raindrops falling on her hair She didn't seem to …
