Blogs from West Palm Beach, Florida, United States, North America - page 4

We had a lot of things to do in a day. First, we went for a walk along Juno Beach. Then we visited a Loggerhead Turtle rescue/rehabilitation centre and then a wildlife rescue/rehabilitation centre.... read more

Ian and I were going to Florida with Ian's mom for his cousin's wedding, and decided to make a little vacation out of it as well. On a cold Thursday morning in Maine last March, the three of us drove to Manchester, NH where we had booked cheaper flights than from Maine. It is a cute, super-easy little airport. Luckily we had a direct flight to Orlando, and on the way down we were all able to sit in the same row. Arriving in Florida is always like Paradise (except for the hella long lines at the car rental desk) because as soon as you step out of the airport there are Palm Trees to greet you, and the weather was perfect - warm and balmy. Even taking the shuttle tram to the luggage pick-up was ... read more

And what distinguishes depth of spirit from the carnival? After the tours, the talks, the fine dining, and 5 Star hotels with Carolyn and friends in India the appropriate question is, What Can I Learn? recall Hamlet, to learn of not to learn, saith Hamlet. A Traveler from the other side of the world, a great fan of Carolyn Myss's, commented on this blog that even with all the comforts of 5 Star Hotels, there may be a hazard of trading the authentic, the deep, the resonant (the Real) for a "superficial escapism," he wrote. What a loss if he's correct there and in a far country soaked for centuries in the mystic and religion! We might think about it for awhile and understand that either way, it ain't important. Carolyn insisted that the many women ... read more

Kids? I'm not sure if I mentioned before about the kids. I'm not married or anything. I don't have kids. It happens that I work with infants and toddlers. They find me. How does it happen I have no idea, it just does. But about the kids. It was something I picked up when I was in the Amazon and on an adventure on a wooden raft there with my Dad. This was back in the early 90s. The minute my Dad and I got off the plane in Iquitos, Peru, we were surrounded by starving kids. Well, they weren't all starving, but they all wanted money. Our guide, Ney Pinero, took out a handful of change and just threw it in the air and they all scrambled for it. (Maybe I'll write a book about ... read more

LIFE AT THE CHRISTMAS TREE LOT It can be described in one word, WORK… Our alarm goes off at 6 every morning, we are out the door before 8, I prepare the money and set up the cashier desk area, Mike walks the lot to see if any trees have taken a walk of their own during the dark hours then helps set up the tree processing area which includes getting the chain saws out and ready to go and making sure there is plenty of twine available for tying the trees onto all the beamers, hummers and jaguars that come into our lot. Lexus SUVs are very popular down here. Then we are open for business. We start getting customers by 9AM usually. Most people are always in a good mood when they are tree ... read more