A Very Ebeye Christmas

Another Christmas was coming around, and Scrooge and Scroogette were wondering what to do to shore up their sagging holiday spirit (actually, they were trying to find a quiet place to hide), so they went to the neighboring island of Ebeye for something a bit different. Kwajalein (where we live) is a tiny island itself […]

What a strange little place.

Well, I have been here three weeks. I definitely have a bunch of thoughts about life here on Kwajalein. First, let me just say that I will not put a bunch of pictures in here until I go through all the rules with someone high up in the garrison, because I don’t want to get […]

My walk yesterday

I took a walk yesterday, in the morning, and, yes, it was freezing cold. Strangely, I ran into a couple people I know, and of course the topic of the election the night before came up. All right, before I go too much further, I will apologize ahead of time for any statements in here […]

Well, It Looks Like It’s Happening…

Back in April (we were still living in Thailand at the time), Tam and I found some more information about the Marshall Islands. We knew people that went over there regularly while we were living in Hawaii, and they always came back raving about this secret mysto-amazing place with friendly people, relatively intact culture, warm […]

Chiricahua National Monument

I took a hike the other day, just to get away from the craziness of trying to get Tam’s mom moved into her second assisted living facility in one month (yeah, don’t ask). Tam had visited this place a month before, and recommended it, so up I went. Chiricahua National Monument is about two hours […]

Sunset Walks In The Desert

We had to come to Tucson. Neither Tam or I really like it here. There are too many bad memories and too much bad juju around this place for us. This has been the summer of helping elderly parents move into assisted living and all of the fun, government, bureaucratic paperwork that goes along with […]

A Conversation Over Brunch

Tam and I are in Tucson. It is not one of our favorite places, and it really lacks the warm salty ocean and a beach, but we are here helping her family through some big changes. Tam was here for a month, and I just got here after finishing all of the to-do lists for […]

No News Is, Well, No News.

We are still in oregon. Hmmm. How do I feel about that? Let me try it again: we are still in Oregon. Hmmm. Still no better this time. I am trying to elicit a response from myself, and I seem to be failing. I still have so many mixed emotions that I don’t really have […]

Back…

We are back in Oregon. I felt like I should have, but didn’t put an exclamation point behind that statement because I still feel a little weird about being back here. We have actually been back for two and a half weeks, but it has been a whirlwind since we returned. We have driven to […]

Mixed Emotions: On Leaving Asia

We are wrapping it up here in Thailand. In Asia. The time has come that we feel the need to swing back through our home country for a bit. It is time to see Brittany and Collin, time for a beer and a wee dram of whiskey and good conversation with good friends, time to […]