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Yesterday, a couple drove up on my driveway and said, “We hear you have a commercial mower for sale.” The blank look on my face assured them that they had been given bad information. “You’re not Egbert Farms?” I replied, “Nope. I teach piano and write songs.” We got to yakking and they mentioned owning […]

This morning, I thought I would “pick up a few catkins” (seed pods, at least I think that’s what they’re called…I tried Googling it and went down a 10-minute rabbit hole ) from our cottonwood trees and put them in a bucket. Five hours later, I’ve abandoned the bucket for the wheelbarrow and I’m digging […]

Today, we celebrated 35 years of marriage. We had a chill day, except for that 20-minute steep hike down the side of a mountain and a trek across half a mile of sand to get back to our favorite beach for the second time in the past week. We had just settled down on our […]

Secret Beach is probably our favorite. Everything was going great—sand that goes on forever, hardly any people, gentle waves, nice shade—for three hours. Then, well…we got rained on. I’m not talking a friendly little sprinkle. We got dumped on for 20 minutes. The thunder and lightning was just a bonus.

We got up early and made it to Anini Beach by 8 o’clock because we heard that was the best time to see the turtles. Oh. You have to snorkel to see them.

Steve, the owner of the Real Noni farm we toured today (fascinating!), warned us of how dangerous Larsen’s Beach—just down the road from his property—is. Of course, we hiked down there. The trail was narrow with tall grass on both sides of us. I tried really hard to put aside the fact that I am […]

You might think this picture was taken on the island of Kauai, but it was not. It was taken by my housesitter. She was under strict instructions to let me know when my yellow peonies—I have three huge bushes—started blooming. I miss their beauty every year, but you don’t hear me complaining.

I sat and watched Ken smoke at the cigar lounge for an hour today. I was so bored out of my mind. I considered making him take me on a chocolate tour tomorrow, but it’s $135 per person. I like chocolate, but not that much.

Today was our first time to Moloa’a Bay. I guess they filmed the pilot of “Gilligan’s Island” here. Just a little bit of trivia for those of you who care about such things. What I cared about was a) it was easy to get to, b) secluded, c) shady in spots, and d) beautiful. And, […]

I bought this (ridiculously expensive) Nomadix towel at Mammoth Springs in Yellowstone National Park last year. This is the first time I’ve used it. I wonder what I will buy on this trip to pack in my suitcase for our next big adventure a year from now.