Living on St Croix
Thoughts from below Frederiksted Pier
It’s so easy to get discouraged. Look around this world and see the hate, the meanness, the pollution, threats of disease, the level of savage selfishness, earthquakes, economic ruin, a host of other ills plaguing our world. It’s not much of a stretch to think there is no God, or that there is, but He … Continue reading
Journeys part 3 – Back in Wyoming to Stay!
Two weeks ago today I spent the afternoon snorkeling. I was accompanied by two turtles, a huge sting ray and a small spotted eagle ray as well as schools of blue, yellow, shiny white and tiger striped friends. One week ago today I spent the day riding in the passenger seat of a large rental … Continue reading
Journeys part 2: In the Sea
In the past couple of weeks, we’ve been spending a lot of time near and in the sea. Last week, we went out on the Renegade with Big Beard’s Tours for a day at Buck Island (our fourth trip with them – awesome!), I’ve snorkeled around the Frederiksted Pier, the coral at Frederiksted City Beach, … Continue reading
The Spices of Life
I don’t consider myself regimented, or severe, or a stickler for perfection. Certainly, I work hard to do things as best as I can, but I’d like to think I am willing to let things go and embrace imperfection as well, up to a point. But then there’s this: The spice rack in my pantry … Continue reading
Drink of the Day
If you are friends with me on Facebook, then you’ll know that the reason I didn’t blog last week was because we had dear friends visiting us. You’ll also have seen daily posts of something called, “the drink of the day”. Those postings are a tradition for our friends, Liz and Greg, when they travel, … Continue reading
Step into my parlor said the spider to me…
We took a hike a couple of weeks ago in the rainforest. Now St. Croix’s rain forest is relatively small, but it offers pretty much everything you’d expect in a rain forest (except large, colorful birds and monkeys. I think it needs flamboyant parrots and macaws and howling, swinging monkeys, but alas, there are neither … Continue reading
Dolphin Encounter
While we should count every day as a privilege we’ve been granted, there’s no doubt that some days just end up being more special than others. Yesterday pretty much pegged the amazing meter for me. About a mile and a half north of the island of St. Croix is another, much smaller place called Buck … Continue reading
Squeaky Wheels
I believe in the adage “The squeaky wheel gets the grease.” I’m an avid squeaky wheel. Sometimes when I let someone else know how I feel or what is needed, I don’t get what I want. Other times I annoy the person I’ve encountered. Occasionally, I have even made things worse. When I’m engaged … Continue reading
Beauty
My bonus daughter, Amanda and her husband Jarrett are visiting us here on the island this week to celebrate her thirtieth birthday, so I hope you’ll excuse me if instead of my regular blog this week, I simply share this: in hard times and great times, deep winter or sunshine, God loves you and wants … Continue reading
Rejoice!
As you may know, Philippians 4: 4-9 is one of my favorite places in the universe. There are so many reasons I love hanging out among those words. When I’m floundering it supplies me with a path to follow (let your gentleness be evident to all), when I’m scared I can go sit with God, … Continue reading
