Thursday Just finished working on this month’s newsletter essay about designating and designing creative sanctuaries in both our physical homes and metaphorically in our minds. It took me four hours to draft it. I have an essay coming out on a fellow Type M for Murder blogger’s personal author blog tomorrow. I spent time last… Continue reading March 20, 2025
Tag: Guam
February 20, 2025
Thursday On Monday, President’s Day, C and I decided to check out various beaches on Naval Base Guam. We stopped at one and found it crawling with ants and very little shade. As it was early afternoon, this wasn’t great, but it did look like a nice place to try out snorkeling if we can… Continue reading February 20, 2025
February 16, 2025
Sunday Yesterday, Saturday, C and I headed out in the Mustang to explore the southern part of Guam. We stopped at the Paseo de Susana (a peninsula) park in Hagåtña, the capitol of Guam. Paseo de Susana is the sight of the Chamorro Village where a famous “night market” is held. We haven’t gone to… Continue reading February 16, 2025
February 14, 2025
Friday This rainbow greeted me first thing this morning. It’s Valentine’s Day here in Guam, but honestly I didn’t even have it on my radar until we went into the NEX/commissary on base yesterday. Oh, look! Balloons! Flowers! We picked up a box of chocolates for today, but each of us had one last night… Continue reading February 14, 2025
February 10, 2025
Monday Well, three days after getting the internet, the router stopped working. Called GTA for tech support and nobody answered until late in the afternoon. The tech guy said everything looked good as far as he could see, so it was probably the router. He advised we go to the nearest GTA store and ask… Continue reading February 10, 2025
February 6, 2025
Thursday Not a good day. After another not good day. In fact, I think my yesterday is seeping over into my today. I actually looked up one-way tickets back to Maine this morning. For $1600 and 24 hours of my life in coach, I could be home. In April. I didn’t dare look up the… Continue reading February 6, 2025
February 4, 2025
Hooray, the GTA guys are here in our new place getting our internet set up.
January 29, 2025
Wednesday Our offer on an apartment was accepted, and we take possession at the end of the week. Without our possessions. Unless they miraculously appear in the next couple of days. Meanwhile, I’m enjoying the hotel ambiance and went down to the cafe for a latte just before lunch and whiled away a couple hours… Continue reading January 29, 2025
January 24, 2025
Friday We discovered another really good lunch place. Mosa’s Joint. It has a bar and indoor and outdoor seating, a huge menu, very fresh food, lovely salads and sandwiches, and even a meatloaf special. C had the chicken sandwich special. I had a Mahi-Mahi burritos. Both of us had side salads, plus I indulged in… Continue reading January 24, 2025
January 23, 2025
Thursday Not much writing-wise today as I spent my time down a rabbit hole of peel-and-stick back-splash tiles and decals for when we finally find a place to call home on this island. Then we had lunch at a Jamaican place. Scrumptious. I had a grilled vegetable sandwich and sweet potato fries and C. went… Continue reading January 23, 2025