Author: Victoria

“I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren’t trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.”
~ Umberto Eco

Happy Sunday and Happy Father’s Day!  And wow is it HAZY this morning! Thanks to Spencer for teaching me the secrets to manually focus our camera, as it was having a real tough time on auto focus.  It almost looks like I’ve photographed the moon ?!?

As I sat this morning, I was thinking through my move yesterday.  I’ll share some lessons tomorrow, because I’m not done sorting through it all, which means that I’m sure more lessons will appear. read more

“Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves.”
~ Edwin Way Teale

I’ve been waiting here for an hour, hoping for these clouds to clear out today, but I don’t think it’s going to happen. So I’ll try to at least make my words cheery …

Speaking of clearing out, today I’m headed to vacate my storage unit. It’s the remaining junk and records from my computer business. Last year, I consolidated 40,000 cubic feet of stuff down into 1,500 cubic feet. Today, I hope to half that. read more

Take time to smell the flowers,
Take time to hug a tree,
Take time to hear each bird sing,
Take time to simply be !!

It’s another hazy morning here on St. Thomas, with our Sahara dust in full force today. So as the sun struggled to make it’s entrance, which wasn’t grand, I stopped to smell the frangipane growing on my hillside. It’s scent is like a soft gardenia.

And as a result, I’m learning all kinds of things this morning!

Did you know that in common folklore the frangipane, or Plumeria, is believed to provide shelter to ghosts and demons? The scent of the Plumeria has been associated with a vampire in Malay folklore, the pontianak, spirits of woman who died while pregnant. Humm …. Now I’m going to spook myself in the nights to come LOL .. read more

“Gray skies are just clouds passing over.”
~ Duke Ellington

I’ve never heard that quote before. Which surprises me, because it’s so simple, and yet so profound. It could easily become one of my favorites, right up there with “inch by inch, life’s a cinch!”.

It’s a quiet morning here today. Peaceful. And strangely, I’m not feeling very reflective. Just enjoying the fact that I’m here, ready to face the day, whatever it may hold. Just being … read more