66th Birthday Message

Birthday message from a new Social Security recipient As life inevitably changes, we must address those changes, let go of what is no longer important, and grieve the losses of those people and situations who no longer remember us, or resonate with our hearts as we are presently revealing ourselves.  Read more

Kona Musings Day #11

My 66th year has miraculously awaited and finally greeted me. Odds makers probably would have placed 20 to 1 odds against me still being here. We celebrated at KPC, an exclusive oceanside restaurant. The food divine, the company familiar and loved deeply. Every day and year is an unexpected, though Read more

Maui Wowie, Day 5

No Makena Beach heroics today. Sacred silence, sunsets, the moon at twilight,  and ocean waves, are imbued with nature’s call for love. Why can this moment be run over by so many divisive voices? Silence, real silence, is feared, and must be replaced by the words and thoughts of our Read more

We Find What We Are Looking For

Beware, oh Mankind, of the painful secrets that we must keep, for by our suffering silence we never awaken, while dying in a painful, lonely sleep. After my experience with the stored, and then released energy behind “There Is Something Fundamental Here” https://wp.me/p9SpN1-3m9  I had several insights about myself. . Read more

Italy Day #10

morning This is the tenth day of our vacation, and we are nearing the end of our Road Scholar tour.   Mitch, my Sharon, and myself go on to Rome without our comrades Sunday. We bused up to Rovello, visited the incredible medieval villa there, and then walked down the Incan Read more

Italy Day #9

Minori to Paestum, via Amalfi Coast Highway. . The description of the whole day eludes me, even though I am a writer. My phone went dead, so I had to use my tablet as a backup camera today. Cannot hold a candle to the Samsung S21 super phone/camera SUPERLATIVE, and Read more

Italy Day #8

best scenery EVER. Mitch back in the tour groove today. We missed him! Fantastic boat tour of Amalfi Coast. We saw where Sophia Loren, Jackie Kennedy Onassis and other rich and famous people stayed, and lived. The roads are amazing and extremely difficult to drive along the mountains, featured in Read more

Italy Day #7

Morning edition: 2.5 hr morning Italy education. We learned about the recent history of Italy, from 200 years ago to the present. The evolution of the area as a country, as a divided country ruled by a monarch and the top rich 2%, and then its progression to a citizen Read more

Italy Day #6 – Capri

Capri!! We rode with one of our guides Vincenzo today to the top of Capri, called AnaCapri. He is such a blast! The winding drive to the top on a road chiseled out of the side of one peak was fun. Some cars are very small, with gas prices at Read more

Italy Day #5

Herculaneum is the name for the ancient town at the base of Mt. Vesuvius, which is only 1.5 miles away. On the photograph draw an imaginary line from the left slope and the right slope to center, and it is easy to see the source of the millions of tons Read more