It is funny how some things become life long obsessions while others come and go. Such is the case with Flying for me. While I was obsessed with several things over the years including motorcycles (I owned a Triumph), nothing stuck like flying. My earliest memory of an airplane was when my father bought a …more

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It is fascinating to look at the origins of expats moving to the Canary Islands over the last two centuries or so. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries it was the British who stamped an almost colonial footprint on the city of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the north of the island. We can …more

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First of all, it’s a well-known fact that men know everything. This is undoubtedly due to the fact that their wives are always asking them important questions like, “Do you think cousin Mabel really loves that guy she’s living with?” -or- “Should I use the floral pattern dishes for the luncheon tomorrow?” -or- “I wonder …more

Have you walked into another room to get something and forgot what you went looking for? Have you stopped in mid-sentence to search for the word you wanted to use? Have you begun an introduction only to forget a name? Do you find yourself searching for misplaced keys or a misplaced cell phone? It’s common …more

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Retirement. I’ve thought about it several times. I’m going to be 52 this year. A little young to be thinking about retirement some would say. But, if you’ve lived my life, you might want to consider retirement as well. Let me explain. The first time I thought about retirement was in 1998 when I developed …more

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A personal account of one boomer’s trek through the perils of downsizing hell! Have you gone through the mind numbing, nerve pinching, marriage blasting experience of selling your big-ass house and moving into a condo? There’s a goggle-eyed, crazed look about the eyes that stays for months after weeding out your treasures and cutting the …more

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The Dominican Republic is part of a Caribbean island called Hispaniola. It takes up roughly two thirds of the island with the other third being Haiti. The country’s area at 48,730 km² makes it the second largest country in the Caribbean after Cuba. The capital, Santo Domingo, is situated in the middle of the southern …more

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Congratulations flood in each time one of your children has a baby. What have we done? Nothing, really. Surely it’s our child and the spouse who deserve the praise. But tradition dictates that we’re also congratulated, as we’ve just assumed a new and important status. When it happens for the first time, you are overwhelmed …more

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