2018
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August 22 Seattle CHS
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Our last day together in Seattle. Planned lazy morning and packing for our early departures tomorrow. Carolyn wants us to read a New Yorker article on Alex Katz before our museum tour. It is fun to see her enthusiasm… Continue reading
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August 21 Seattle CHS
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Seattle Center Day We drove into town leaving the house at our usual 10:15 or so. Parked near the Gates Foundation but walked straight over to the MOPOP to see the Gehry building, the playground, the water fountain and… Continue reading
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August 20 Seattle CHS
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Saturday we stopped at the 7-eleven for tonic and cream cheese. Jill found whipped cream cheese but preferred normal. She asked the clerk if they had other cream cheese and this was his reply, “We don’t have anything.” Jill replied… Continue reading
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August 19 Seattle CHS
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Happy birthday, Carolyn! Our task this morning was to prepare fruit salad for the birthday brunch. Aretha in the background. A little before 10 we went to the community beach for a ladies only yoga class. Mats were spread on… Continue reading
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August 18 Seattle CHS
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First full day together. We all donned our gift from Carolyn robes and gathered for a light breakfast before our first day out. After a “where’s my phone” delay we were off to Pike Street Market. Carolyn made reservations at… Continue reading
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August 17 Seattle CHS
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Carolyn and I pick up Jill at the airport about 10 in the morning. We have a late breakfast/lunch and talk about upcoming plans, particularly meals. Jill has ideas for a meal she wants to prepare. So, we all head… Continue reading
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August 16 Seattle CHS
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Book group departs – or at least breaks up. And, the Charleston High School group begins. Sandy is off early to catch her flight back to DC. Janet comes to the house to get Pat for their day trip to… Continue reading
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August 15 Seattle Bookgroup
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Day 3 with the book group. All about the book. We read The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. A sweetly written story about a Chinese boy and a Japanese girl during the time of the WWII internments.… Continue reading
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August 14 Seattle Bookgroup
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Day 2 with the book group. Janet arrives in the morning and we divide 3 in her car and 3 in an Uber. Off to the Nordic museum. It’s very new and quite interesting. Much information about Scandinavian countries first… Continue reading
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August 13 Seattle Bookgroup
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Lovely weather! Yesterday my SW Airlines flight was delayed by an hour on the tarmac due to weather between BWI and Seattle. But Roberta’s flight was scheduled to arrive from Denver an hour after mine so we ended up arriving… Continue reading
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May 9 Los Angeles to … home?
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As the cliché goes, the trip is over but the journey continues. Writers, philosophers, photographers and artists have endeavored to capture both for thousands of years, perhaps striving to defy the passage of time or bequeath something of themselves that… Continue reading
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May 8 Nadi to Los Angeles
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Shopping, packing, leaving Fiji. Our last morning in Fiji is a slow dance around Jane’s house, cleaning the kitchen, stripping beds, washing our clothes and tidying up. And packing and packing and packing. David refuses to sacrifice any of the… Continue reading
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May 7 Nadi
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Snorkel in Mamanuca islands off Port Denarau. We walk down the path from Jane’s house to the Denarau Marina, hoping we can move ourselves from yesterday’s waitlist for the Coral Cats all-day cruise to the outer islands for sun, sand,… Continue reading
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May 6 Nadi
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Lazy day, work jigsaw gift from Maureen. We drink coffee or tea; Cynthia starts and completes a jigsaw puzzle; we sit by the pool; we contemplate brochures offering day trips and snorkeling off Denarau’s outer islands; we write blogs and… Continue reading
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May 5 Nadi
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A planless day. Shopping and blogging. Feliz Cinco di Mayo. We wake late, caffeinate and laze about Jane’s house for the entire morning under sunny skies, 80 degrees and perfect humidity. The caretaker comes to the house and cleans… Continue reading
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May 4 Rakiraki to Nadi
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Return to Nadi, Wayne and Myra fly home. After breakfast, Wayne walks to a building next to our hotel because he’s curious about cars parked bumper to bumper along the highway in front of it, with maybe a hundred people… Continue reading
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May 3 Suva to Rakiraki
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Buy kava from Koro at Suva market, Wayne and Myra connect with family of old friend, drive to Rakiraki. Cynthia and I wake early for two reasons: 1) So we can drive into central Suva to pick up her sulu… Continue reading
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May 2 Suva
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Visit Lelean Memorial School and lunch with Tom Cooke. After a lazy breakfast, we forego returning to the flea market for Cynthia’s sulu jaba and drive to Leleane school in Nausori, a town about an hour on the King’s Highway… Continue reading
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May 1 Suva
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Suva walk, rest at GPH, visit Peace Corps headquarters. We have a quick continental breakfast on the veranda of the occasionally Netherlands Consulate overlooking mostly trees but, also, the distant harbor and surf breaking on the coral reefs offshore. We… Continue reading
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Apr 30 Nadi to Suva
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Queens Road from Nadi to Suva with interesting stop in Sigatoka for lunch and old Tongan fort. We load bags into the trunk of our VW Polo and tool out of Nadi under sunny skies, heading south for Suva. Our… Continue reading
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