Tobago Carnival 2020: Jouvert

Tobago Carnival 2020: Jouvert

Sometimes I’m reminded that while I talk about Tobago fairly often here, I haven’t shared much about our time there. Now seems like a good time to escape there for a little bit.

Brightening the Darkness

Brightening the Darkness

It’s that time again. Here are a few things that provided a good escape this past week:

1.  Adventure movies with dubious plot lines.

A Spring Without Flowers

A Spring Without Flowers

I didn’t have to wait for spring to come this year. It came when it was supposed to. Maybe the winter was mild, maybe the anticipation of our trip to Tobago made the rest of the cold months go by faster.

The tulip and daffodil greens came up, and I saw buds forming. The forsythia bloomed. One lone daffodil bloomed earlier than all the rest. It was visible through the back windows of the house, and I checked on it each day, eventually watching it wilt, and waited for the others to bloom.

They never did.

Five Things Bringing Joy During Quarantine

Five Things Bringing Joy During Quarantine

I already did a little round-up of things that were making me smile, and I wanted to do another post with a few more things that have brought me joy or kept me afloat lately.

Deadly Spin

Deadly Spin

Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out On How Corporate PR is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans, by Wendell Potter.

Maybe you’re thinking, why in the world would I want to read a book with a title like THAT during a pandemic?!

Well, here’s why.