by smith | Aug 21, 2009
Hurricane Bill is approximately 385 miles south of Bermuda with rain bands already affecting the archipelago. As an island resident for some three months now, I can say with all certainty that the good folks at NOAA are spot on. I just returned from Horseshoe Beach, a...
by smith | Aug 14, 2009
Summer is in full swing and despite the recession, some of us are still managing to get away for a little R&R. We have worked real hard all winter to shed those winter pounds to get into holiday shape. Some of us are still working at it. So now it’s time to be on...
by smith | Aug 3, 2009
If you think the harried shop shopkeepers of Barcelona are ignoring you just because you’re a tourist, you would be wrong (oh, alright, you might be wrong). Maybe it’s just that you don’t know the seemingly disorganized, fabulously efficient, time-honored rules for...
by smith | Jul 14, 2009
“You have atrial fibrillation,” says the doctor. These are not the four words my husband, Terry wants to hear from his cardiologist a few days before we are scheduled to leave the country for a cruise from Southampton, England to the remote Norway fjords on the...
by smith | May 2, 2009
This story was originally published on www.highonadventure.com. Stirred from a night of fitful slumber by the longed-for flutter of the fan above my bed, I came to a decisive conclusion: by the time I returned home I would either be totally exhausted from lack of...
