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Connecting in Puerto Rico: Taínos and Time Capsules
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Connecting in Puerto Rico: Taínos and Time Capsules

I made my way across the sand into the largest “room” and found the petroglyphs, preserved in the graying limestone.  Like other ancient cave carvings or paintings, there were gods and goddesses, other figures, animals, and symbols– the mystery of which never ceases to amaze me.  A catalogue of culture, they make it impossible not to imagine the stories and traditions beaming out through their depictions.  A preservation.  A time capsule.   Continue reading Connecting in Puerto Rico: Taínos and Time Capsules

The Bicycle Diaries:  Journeys of Purpose
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The Bicycle Diaries:  Journeys of Purpose

Internal struggles are a real thing, but you can come out of them having been molded and often with greater clarity.  Going after your dreams takes courage.  So even if the path looks impossible and others do not understand your resolve, somehow, you have to keep pedaling.  Despite how many hills to climb.  The beauty is the view, and eventually you will always reach your destination. Continue reading The Bicycle Diaries:  Journeys of Purpose

The Cashmere Diaries.   London:  Literary Legacy
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The Cashmere Diaries.   London:  Literary Legacy

Maybe I was crazy to leave the Mallorcan life I loved so much and relocate to London. I had to trade in my sundresses for cashmere.  It was time for CHANGE.  A new season was upon me. 
“Dude, you’re in London!” I was vibrating in the legacies of my literary heroes.  The ones impacting me most during my university days.  Those whom gave voice to the awarenesses simmering within me, shaping thought forms with inspiring prose.  Molding me.  Most notably Virginia Woolf, D.H. Lawrence, James Joyce, William Butler Yeats, T.S. Eliot.  Continue reading The Cashmere Diaries.   London:  Literary Legacy

Ode to Mallorca Part II:  Calas and Sea-creaturing. The Blue Factor
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Ode to Mallorca Part II:  Calas and Sea-creaturing. The Blue Factor

It is said that people who live near the water are the happiest.  It’s called the Blue Factor.  Infusion with coastal living is linked to better physical and mental well-being.  Although this could be a generalization and every body is uniquely inclined, I have found for myself that throughout my life I’m happiest when I’m living by the water.  Thriving, is more like it; and land-bound feels a bit like suffocation.  I had to face the facts:  I was a mermaid.  Continue reading Ode to Mallorca Part II:  Calas and Sea-creaturing. The Blue Factor

French Riviera~  Provisioning and Frolicking in the Côte d’Azur
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French Riviera~  Provisioning and Frolicking in the Côte d’Azur

I woke up early that morning as the sun was rising, before guests had risen, before the dogs, and snuck to the aft swim platform to do my yoga and meditation session.  The morning was serene.  The water so calm it looked like glass, and looking out south, the sky bled into the sea like one giant mirror.  You could not tell sky from sea.  Keep tracing the horizon and your eyes land upon the lovely city tucked into the mountain.  Charming houses, hotels, and restaurants all in shades of whites, and peaches, topped with terracotta roofs.  The sun’s morning rays cast a golden glow against the landscape, glazing it like one giant welcome apricot macaroon I wanted to sink my teeth into.   Continue reading French Riviera~  Provisioning and Frolicking in the Côte d’Azur