by ginakingsley1 | Dec 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
Drumming, dancing, medicinal gardens, kayaking and homemade rum comprised the excursion waiting for us with the Garifuna in Belize. We had already hiked up the Maya temples in Xunatunich. We ate the street side barbecue and drank fresh lime juice in San Ignacio. We...
by ginakingsley1 | Dec 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
I received news today that I never expected to hear. Faithfully, every year or so, I’ve had my heirloom piano tuned for its posterity and longevity. Knowing one day I’d pass the piano on to one of our three sons, we invested in it yearly by having it...
by ginakingsley1 | Dec 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
A sparkling spectacle of light emissions (and other surprises along the way) transpired on a bioluminescence tour. We signed up for a tour to experience this chemical reaction of marine life but had no idea that the other details of the tour would eclipse the actual...
by ginakingsley1 | Dec 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
The recent darling of the Cyclades islands of Greece is Milos. All these years that the show ponies, Santorini and Mykonos, pranced and galloped for all the tourists to see, there was Milos quietly reveling in her volcanic ash and obsidian glory. To personify this...
by ginakingsley1 | Dec 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
It has been years since I went to the Saronic islands of Greece. Hydra, Aegina, Poros…with their charming ports and stately architecture. What about Spetses? It’s the sleepy island further down in the Saronic gulf. Intrigued by an article I read about how...
