Author Archives: Donna Coulson
Journeys part 2: In the Sea
In the past couple of weeks, we’ve been spending a lot of time near and in the sea. Last week, we went out on the Renegade with Big Beard’s Tours for a day at Buck Island (our fourth trip with them – awesome!), I’ve snorkeled around the Frederiksted Pier, the coral at Frederiksted City Beach, … Continue reading
Journeys – part one
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about traveling and journeys. Our trip to Dublin a few weeks ago began this line of thinking, I suppose. That trip was short, just nine days, and filled with family, and bangers and mash, and tours of the Guinness Storehouse, staring at bog bodies in the museum, and reveling … Continue reading
Newgrange
The word druid might conjure up for you thoughts of mystical, hooded people who perform cultic kinds of rituals and sacrifices among the standing stones in Ireland and England. In reality, that view of druids comes from a ‘Celtic revival in the 18th and 19th Centuries’ and is probably a gross misrepresentation of who and … Continue reading
Ireland, part one
Now that I’m back in my own bed and the jet lag is history, I can relive our Ireland trip with the hundreds of pictures I took and the memories we made. We saw remarkable things and experienced so much it is impossible to talk about it all. I think over the next few days, … Continue reading
Faith
I’m not going to bed tonight. Nope. Tonight Karl and I will be sitting in relatively uncomfortable seats, accompanied by strangers, all trying to sleep sitting up while we hurl through the atmosphere a little above the ocean and a little below space. And we are excited about it! We are on our way to … Continue reading
The Spices of Life
I don’t consider myself regimented, or severe, or a stickler for perfection. Certainly, I work hard to do things as best as I can, but I’d like to think I am willing to let things go and embrace imperfection as well, up to a point. But then there’s this: The spice rack in my pantry … Continue reading
Drink of the Day
If you are friends with me on Facebook, then you’ll know that the reason I didn’t blog last week was because we had dear friends visiting us. You’ll also have seen daily posts of something called, “the drink of the day”. Those postings are a tradition for our friends, Liz and Greg, when they travel, … Continue reading
Step into my parlor said the spider to me…
We took a hike a couple of weeks ago in the rainforest. Now St. Croix’s rain forest is relatively small, but it offers pretty much everything you’d expect in a rain forest (except large, colorful birds and monkeys. I think it needs flamboyant parrots and macaws and howling, swinging monkeys, but alas, there are neither … Continue reading
Dolphin Encounter
While we should count every day as a privilege we’ve been granted, there’s no doubt that some days just end up being more special than others. Yesterday pretty much pegged the amazing meter for me. About a mile and a half north of the island of St. Croix is another, much smaller place called Buck … Continue reading
Squeaky Wheels
I believe in the adage “The squeaky wheel gets the grease.” I’m an avid squeaky wheel. Sometimes when I let someone else know how I feel or what is needed, I don’t get what I want. Other times I annoy the person I’ve encountered. Occasionally, I have even made things worse. When I’m engaged … Continue reading
