Category: Southern Exposure

Our tour of Hemingway’s home was one of the best house tours I’ve ever had, thanks to our terrific guide, Doug. There are 54 cats on the property, all descended from Snow White, Hemingway’s own polydactyl cat. Most of the cats have the polydactyl gene, and thus have 6 toes. They are carefully cared for,…

As much as I loved my John Deere, I think this job is even better.

Thank you sister-in-law Robin for suggesting Blue Heaven! We had a lobster, avocado, bacon, tomato eggs benedict, then played ping-pong under the banyan trees.

Since I was a little girl, I’ve been a morning person. I love the secret quality of feeling like I’m up before the world. I have always loved running at dawn, watching the sun come up. In Bend we have the most lovely mountain sunset view. We treasure it. But I’ve been missing sunrises and…

This makes me smile.

Broke the fast with carrot ginger soup and yogurt. Then a smoothie. Then (dinner) conch ceviche and freshly caught yellowtail snapper at Hurricane Hole. Rode our bikes the five lovely miles downtown. I got the grey washed out of my roots, Ross ran errands, and we biked back to Hurricane Hole to dinner. Notes on…