Adventures in Gigi

The good was great actually:
In the initial days and weeks after Jose passed offshore, we came together as a community. While many flocked to the airports and ports for greener pastures, we banded together to clean up our homes, neighborhoods and Island at large. We shared food...

I realize now why I couldn’t blog about the storm before this week, we were still very much in the midst of the storm (figuratively) and hurricane season (literally). Today 3 months after the storm I can finally write about it. The process brought me...

I did it! I finally fulfilled a resolution I made back in 2011 and I dream I've always had: to learn to swim.
I took the first round of classes in 2015 and it was okay, just okay. I faced my fear of drowning and drank tons of sea water, but I was no murmaid at the end. I must say that the instructor was great at teaching adults with a healthy fear of dying how...

I always watch the chutes flying high over Orient Bay on my way home from work - and say to myself or whoever is with me: I have to try that!
Somehow something always got in the way, be it life or pain or the weather. A few Saturdays ago It all came together nicely, the Saharan dust lifted the skies were blue, no rain on the horizon and I was feeling well and shopping in Marigot when I decided...