Costa Rica vacation: Don’t overthink it
Don’t overthink it, a friend laughed when I mused about the purpose of our trip to Costa Rica. Just have fun. We did have fun, but now that we’re back I feel compelled to shift back into overthink.
Sydney Avey
Dynamic Woman — Changing Times
Travel
A Traveling Mender of Broken Hearts
This week four of us are traveling to Costa Rica on a Road Scholar tour. We are three generations: a grandma and grandpa, a son (and uncle), and a grandson (and nephew). Each one of us has a hurt. In body, mind, or heart, it makes no difference–we repair to a new landscape to strengthen our bonds and restore our souls.
Preserving Family Stories: What’s your story?
Are you preserving your family stories? They say that after we die, we will live on in cyberspace. I heard this in a TED talk: unlike past generations, we have a digital footprint that will last an eternity.
Alien Landscape: Finding charm in peculiar places
To my eyes, Arkansas is an alien landscape. After many visits to the Ozarks to see my sweet mother-in-law, I still approach the terrain as if I were a curious extraterrestrial.
Retrench and Redeem: a counterculture exercise
Retrench and redeem are my watchwords for 2016. In the past I’ve made resolutions to accomplish change, fashioned mantras to guide my daily spiritual practice, but 2016 wants watchfulness.
Find Good Stories in Museums: Part II
The quality of its museums is often an indication of the health of a town. Little Bisbee sits in a box canyon on top of over 5,000 miles of mine tunnels. We heard that from a tour guide who guided us through Copper Queen Mine, a man who actually worked in the mine before it shut down in the Seventies. He took us through the technical history of tunnel building and ore extraction. As the technology advanced, safety records improved.
