Writing Out Loud


Okinawa Diary

By Jessica | November 14, 2015
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Yesterday we were in our first Japanese port, Okinawa. No WIFI or satellite allowed and we were fingerprinted and subjected to a health check. Think they trust foreigners? Okinawa was the only Japanese territory actually invaded by American foot soldiers during WWII except Iwo Jima but it doesn’t count because it wasn’t populated at the […]

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Bali Redux

By Jessica | November 14, 2015
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Wayan picked us up at ten to visit the Royal Palace at Menguwi. It is a beautiful compound, long abandoned. Now it boasts decaying structures and intricately carved statues of gods – photos to follow. I sprinkled Eberhard with holy water and then myself. We continued to Bedugul, a lovely mountain lake town, where we […]

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Sedona Sightings

By Jessica | November 14, 2015
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I write to you today from Sedona, Arizona. The Red Rocks are famous so we decided to pass through on our way from Santa Fe to La Jolla, where we will be celebrating Lucas’s graduation from UCSD. Maybe all of you know this already but I finally found the answer to a riddle that has […]

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Stargazing in Singapore

By Jessica | November 14, 2015
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Sunday was a very exciting day in Bali. We drove to a mountain town with white-water rafting and elephants. We rode an elephant named Donnie – coincidentally the name of Olivia’s boyfriend and Lucas’ kitten – who then rode us right into the pond he uses as a bathtub. We came home late to a […]

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Banter from Bali

By Jessica | November 14, 2015
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First order of business today, I think I should call my scribbling a Bloglet, as in Booklet, not Blogette as in Crumpette – what do you think? I devised this new line extension of a Blog because I have been reading that writers should Blog daily for practice but I’m just too private to open […]

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Writers Have Fragile Egos and Book Reviews

By Jessica | November 14, 2015
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After a snippy response to one of my book reviews I stopped writing them. Several readers commented that they had come to rely on my recommendations, so I’ve decided to begin again. In the meantime, I’ll try to catch up by writing a few lines about the most interesting books I have recently finished: 1. […]

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The Chattel Houses of Barbados

By Jessica | November 13, 2015
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Interspersed along the coast and found on roads great and small throughout Barbados are small wooden houses called chattel houses. Perhaps because I make my living in real estate I find the concept of a house as personal property rather than real property to be fascinating. The word “chattel” is a derivation of “cattle,” an […]

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The Roundabouts of Barbados

By Jessica | November 12, 2013
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As if it isn’t confusing enough for this American to be driving on the left side of the road rather than the right, Barbados adds the “roundabout” to the mix. Of the several definitions of “roundabout” in the dictionary I suspect “devious” is the most apt. On the ABC Highway alone that runs between the […]

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A Few of My Favorite Things

By Jessica | March 19, 2012
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Barbados, Hummingbirds, Sauvignon Blanc, Frank Sinatra and a good book!

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Missing In Action

By Jessica | March 11, 2012
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Back to blogging…..Barbados, books and why change is good but the motivation must be examined.

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