Author Archives: Donna Coulson
Power
Stage 4 pancreatic cancer is a nasty diagnosis. The survival rate at five years is only one to three percent. Not good odds for anyone. For a 78-year-old man, truly not hopeful. But. Alex Trebek, who is really one of my very favorite celebrities, has heard that horrid diagnosis and he’s been pretty forthcoming about … Continue reading
Courage
I mentioned a while back that I have a nephew, Nick, who was very suddenly stricken with numbness and paralysis from the chest down. He’s in a battle to reteach his legs to walk. The rehab is going to take a significant amount of time and his resolve to stay focused and daring during arduous … Continue reading
Springtime!
When I’m away from Wyoming for a while, I forget a bit about how magnificent it is. Coming home in the spring has been a joy. The weather is petulant and chaotic – warm and beautiful one day, snow and bone-deep cold the next. No matter, there’s hope and assurance that even the snow won’t … Continue reading
Journeys part 3 – Back in Wyoming to Stay!
Two weeks ago today I spent the afternoon snorkeling. I was accompanied by two turtles, a huge sting ray and a small spotted eagle ray as well as schools of blue, yellow, shiny white and tiger striped friends. One week ago today I spent the day riding in the passenger seat of a large rental … Continue reading
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
