I had forgotten, since our last trip that there is a town on the island of Maui named Haiku. I knew of it since I believe this is the town where we started and finished our bike ride down Haleakala Volcano on Christmas Day in 2015. But, I was not writing at the time of…
Obviously, there’s enough here to bring us back three times since 2009. The first time we stayed we were “feeling our way along” and our three boys were young at the time. Their age and worries about their safety limited some of our activities but we still had the chance to do some special things….
We’ve been lucky enough to spend the last week on the Hawaiian Island of Maui. It’s been a welcome change from the frigid winter the midwest has experienced this year. The reality of returning will hit us soon enough. It’s been a wonderful vacation, full of fun, great scenery, even greater food, and an opportunity…
Over the course of four trips to Hawaii, we’ve grown to understand how to eat while on Maui in a way that is affordable and right for our needs but still gives us a flavorful taste of the island. After the first trip, when we stayed in a hotel, we’ve moved to the condo route…
Today, I am offering a repost of a very early post I made when my blog started in 2017. Long an advocate for the gifted student population, the well-being of this unique subset of children, adolescents, and adults, is often on my mind. Still, today, despite my sons having graduated from their K-12 education, I…
My post today does not offer poetry, so if you wish to stop reading and proceed to another post that does offer words with rhythm and rhyme, among the other tools of poetry, go ahead. I’m on vacation this week. My husband and I, along with our twenty-year-old son and his girlfriend, have traveled to…
This week I am vacationing on the Hawaiian Island of Maui. It is our fourth visit to the Hawaiian Islands and our third to the island of Maui. This vacation was planned quickly, less than two and a half months ago, but came together despite the fast timing. Our previous visits have taken six months…
My blog today features a previous post from the summer of 2019 when I worked as the Outreach and Education Manager for a local land trust and had to organize more than a dozen experiences for our members and community participants. One of the most memorable was a tour of some caves in Southwestern Wisconsin…
Today is Silent Sunday. Each week, on Sunday, I post my own photographs on a theme of my choosing for your inspiration and enjoyment. I rest from posting words on this day. I hope you enjoy the posts.
If you’ve read recent posts, you know my husband and I have been cleaning out. This week was productive as we took a whole carload of stuff over to our local reuse-it store. I also have a tote ready to go to the consignment store where I occasionally take gently used household items or knick-knacks…