Return to Loutro after 20 years

Becoming a birder. I remember the day this bird arrived on the scene at Lake Ralphine. I can honestly say I’d never seen a Common Merganser before. I posted a picture that evening called “new kid on the block.” Of course that was after I emailed the photo to Joy…

Healing in Paradise

I returned to my spiritual home in Loutro, on the island of Crete, on Saturday, March 7, 2022. I have dreamt of this day since being diagnosed with cancer more than three years ago. There was a time when it seemed impossibly out of reach. Climbing to the castle ruins, where my husband Rob and I taught yoga classes 30 years ago, was possibly the most challenging but rewarding thing I’ve done. Rob’s ashes were spread in the ruins in 1996. Tim did an incredible job of documenting the event in this series of photos.

In spite of cancer, I’m getting on a plane tomorrow to return to my spiritual home Loutro, Crete. This is me being vulnerable.

I’m going to go out on another limb here and talk about suicide, because I believe it is another taboo that needs to be broken! One of the most frequent observations made about suicide is about how awful it is for those left behind. I have been guilty of using…

BOJANGLES My first real attention to cannabis came in 1970, through my involvement in a gift shop called The Bojangles Shop. Friends of my sister Sandy asked if I would be interested in being a partner in a gift shop they envisioned. My husband Larry and I were already involved…

November 1965, When It All Began! This is my first trip outside of the states of Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Missouri. My sister Barbara has just returned from Stuttgart, Germany where her husband has been stationed in the US army. My mother arranged for me to get out of school…

… (continued from The Story of Rob and Bob) AROUND THE WORLD Chapter Thirty-One On January 16, 1994, Rob and I set out to fulfill a dream of flying all the way around the world in one direction. Our adventure began in Los Angeles, as we headed west on Korean…