Eyes Wide Open: Looking at 2019

2019 was an active, hectic, and stressful year. The simmering concerns I had been harboring in recent years about my mother’s living » Read more

French Polynesia, Fall 2019 (Part 3-Fakarava)

Wednesday, October 2, 2019 Rangiroa to Fakarava A short afternoon flight to Fakarava and a need to stay out of the water » Read more

Friday, September 27, 2019 Rurutu to Tahiti to Rangiroa This travel day began early, at 5:45 am, with Greg’s voice in the » Read more

2018 was a year in which aging, mortality and illness reared their ugly heads, in the family and our circle of friends. » Read more

Thursday, June 20, 2018 Our first morning in Fakarava aboard the Aqua Tiki II was the usual chaos of trying to synchronize » Read more

Saturday, June 16, 2018 What a long time in coming: sitting on a thin strip of land in the middle of the » Read more