So I came here to Bali to escape the frenzy of my plugged-in, revved-up Manahattan life.My idea was to spend mornings trolling for gorgeous Balinese batiks and sumptious hand-dyed fabrics. Afternoons would be spent in a hammock, genlty rocked by...
Topics: Batik, Cafe Writing, Fiction, Musings

Topics: baja, beach, beachfront vacation rental, La Paz, Mexico, Mexioc, sailing, Sea of Cortez, vacation rental, windsurfer, Wordless Wednesday

This is what I asked my new friend Melanie when she and her husband Gunter seduced us into buying land near them, south of Todos Santos.I say seduced…we were willing participants. But in the eight years I have known M &G; I have called them the...
Topics: Baja La Paz, beach house, living in Mexico, retiring in Mexico, Sewing, working in Mexico

My first paid, published writing was for Threads a Taunton Press magazine devoted to sewing enthusiasts.I wrote about my addiction to sewing, fabric and anything related. It was for their back cover humor page. The letters to the editor ranged from...
Topics: gifts, lazy girl designs, quilter's warehouse, Sewing, tote bags

Soar or sore. Neither are words I use often.So let’s see what happens when I let my mind wander and my fingers flick the keys:Soar, well I live right on the beach in Baja California Sur. Birds soar here . All kinds of birds. Snowy egrets. They are...
Topics: baja, beach, birds, gulls, snowy egrets, Sunday Scribblings