This post originally appeared on Arkansas Women Bloggers in early 2016 for the "Adventure" theme. After our recent family adventure to check out the solar eclipse, it felt like time to share it again. In Singapore in the early 1990s. I was raised by a pirate. A Frenchman running from the law sold him his vessel, and together we sailed out of Port Royal - the city so wicked it sank into the Caribbean Sea - and out into open waters to circle Dead Man’s Key. The boat would pitch ... View Post
A Cutting Confession (archives)
This post appeared on The Little Magpie in November 2011. The thing about dads is that the good ones are silent, steady and striking in their parenting. Their tactics sort of sneak up on you. I, for example, am a rather predictable mom. And, my mom was also fairly predictable in her expectations of me (although by no means ordinary or predictable overall, as you may have noted if you read last month’s posts on The Glamorous Glennis). My Dad’s best parenting successes snuck up on me. I can ... View Post
The Mistress in the Mangroves
On the day before the hurricane was due to make landfall, the harbor was silent. In the city and along the shores of the port, the locals scurried along hammering wood over glass windows and cramming cardboard between glass and the outward facing metal bars, but the harbor was still. On the approach to the marina, a few people were visible as they milled about making preparations, but the vast majority of the city’s residents were far more focused on their homes and wellbeing than that of ... View Post
Why I Decided To Tri
This post is ten miles too long. But, sometimes you blog for the rest of the world, and sometimes you blog for yourself. When I first began babbling to friends and family about doing a triathlon *mumblemumble* years ago, most of them ignored me (per usual, since I am known for having a new passion every week) and one or two gamely entertained the idea. My long-suffering husband has both heartily supported me and rolled his eyes at me during past fits and starts. This has been on my life list ... View Post
