Tag: 2022
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Far From Anything Like Home

It’s challenging to spend a month away from the village that has been my home for months. This journey makes me contemplate the meaning of “home”. I have told people “home is wherever I happen to be”. Living in an RV is like that. Sometimes. Other times I feel like a constant traveler. I began…
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Even in paradise
Woke up with a headache, stiff back, achy feet, feeling my 55 years, even in paradise. I’m here as me, not trying to be a true beach girl. When did I last wear a bikini? Maybe age 12 or 13. After that it was all downhill in terms of weight and body image and bathing…
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No One Eats Breakfast in Florida
We’re headed to the village of Apalachicola, Florida today. Left Pensacola to drive east and north-ish through Navarre, a little beach town, past the other seaside clusters of houses on stilts. Along the way we see many donut, tattoo, and beach stores, but breakfast diners are scarce. Perhaps people who eat a lot of donuts…
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Jellyfish are so pretty. Do not pet.

It’s an hour later here, so 6 AM arrives earlier than my body expects. One snooze session and I roll out of bed to dress for my beach walk. I have been looking forward to these mornings, walking, swiming, experiencing the land and water of planet Pensacola. Beach bag, towel, water, flip flops, phone (for…
