Ah, Saturday! Amma and I have another wonderful day planned together. Only today, it’s not just us. We are taking Dan, Lucy, and Emily along with us. It’s 9am and I’m standing at the foot of the Baobob House driveway with my foofy hair parted in two and tied in two low ponytails. Amma and …
Traveling is a great way to see new lands, meet new people, and to a certain degree, experience new cultures and alternative lifestyle ideas. But what happens when traveling becomes your new reality? It’s no longer vacation all the time. You have to come up with a schedule and have discipline. It’s no longer sun …
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As I have shared before, sugar mills and rum distilleries were once a huge booming in St. Croix (back in the 1700s). The fields here were covered in sugar cane and what more to do with all this sugar than to make rum! So the sugar was ground up at the mills and channeled down …
Sunday, May 23, 2022 Did I mention yet that there are 10 dive spots in front of the property? They consist of shipwrecks, reefs, and mooring balls. Today I visit two of them – Home Reef, and Northwind Tug. Bay Mooring I went to with Amma a couple of weeks ago. We go snorkeling to …
Do you know how many countries there are in the world? Take a guess. 500? 400? 300? I heard someone on a podcast the other day – which I won’t name – say that their products were offered in over 300 countries. 300!! Wow, right?! At this present time, the total of countries is less …
Saturday May 21, 2022 I’ve been privy to Dr. Brene Brown for years. On top of researching shame, she also researches ‘belonging’. She defines belonging as “being part of something bigger but also having the courage to stand alone, and to belong to yourself above all else.” In her appearance on the Today Show she …
My heart aches today. It aches more days than not while I am here. A symptom, perhaps, of such drastic change. I am out of my cocoon here, and the truth sets. I left the man I love back in Buffalo. For this reason, morning yoga at the mill sounds extra swell. Joining Amma, Ella, and …
It’s extra glorious today because I find myself on a sailboat with Anna (not to be confused with Amma), and Edmond. Edmond owns the boat which is moored 100 feet off of Cowboy Beach. Anna, who was born and raised in the USVI, picks me up and together we swim out to the boat. Anna …
Tuesday May 3 – Friday, May 6: Day 8, Tuesday 5/3: Just Keep Swimming Last night I wake up the sound of the screaming bug yet this time I’m not startled. I wake up and acknowledge “ah, yes. Hello screaming cricket” and drift back to sleep. Today I am paired with Ella and we’re in compost …
Monday May 2, 2022 Today I am paired with Ella to learn the housekeeping job. We clean the Ocean House and then the Sea View Suite and man oh man, I have a new appreciation for housekeeping. With the humidity and the heat ramping up the last couple of days, I’m extra fatigue and all …