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The Innkeeper is open!

On December 2, 2011 · 8 Comments

We are thrilled to announce The Innkeeper is now open!

I think this quote from Don Quixote sums up perfectly what The Innkeeper is: a cozy local place to relax and find respite.

The menu was designed to offer comfort. Some items are modeled after our time in the Caribbean, like spicy goat [...]

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Simon on beach

Then and now

On September 27, 2011 · 9 Comments

It’s early Saturday morning, the kids are asleep, and I’m typing away at the table.  

I’m writing a scene in my memoir where Brian and I return by boat to our off-the-grid resort after two open water dives that’ll go toward our diver certification and we find the private bay full of yachts and the beach swarming with people. We had given all of our staff, [...]

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Finding my way

On August 15, 2011 · 7 Comments

I’ve been quiet here lately.

I took a break from blogging to focus on writing Immersed, the book. 

Then I got stuck and wasn’t sure how to fix it.

So I read and researched. 

I dissected the chapters of Blood, Bones and Butter to see how another writer wrote her memoir.

I read parts of Don’t [...]

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Simon & Remy on beach

Across the cafe table: at the beach

On July 13, 2011 · 16 Comments

It’s The Travel Belles second “Across the Cafe Table” discussion and I can’t help but join in. This month’s question?

What’s in your travel beach bag and your ideal beach would be where?

Some of you may know I have a thing for beaches. The beach is where my husband and I decided to get [...]

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My 7 links

On July 12, 2011 · 9 Comments

I’ve been pulled out of the cave where I’ve been writing my memoir by the lovely Corinne from Gourmantic. She nominated me to participate in My 7 Links, a blogging intiative dreamt up by Tripbase.

The goal of the project is “to unite bloggers (from all sectors) in a joint endeavor to share lessons learned and create a bank of long but not [...]

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salmonberry pancakes

Salmonberry pancakes

On June 29, 2011 · 12 Comments

One of my favorite things about summer in the Pacific Northwest is the abundance of berries. The first to ripen are salmonberries. And they’re here! Salmonberry bushes grow wild along forest roads or hiking trails. 

Ripe berries range from orange to red, and any shade in between. 

We found so many camping on Shaw Island in the San [...]

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full moon

At the sea under the moon

On June 20, 2011 · 2 Comments

The sky was clear the night of the full moon.

Our campsite on Shaw Island was surrounded by trees, except the side that looked out over the water.  I couldn’t believe our good luck when the moon began rising over Canoe Island, in our view.

Earlier, while the moon was eclipsing on the other side of [...]

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photo courtesy of toasty ken

Lunar eclipse

On June 13, 2011 · 10 Comments

A lunar eclipse will occur this week, on Wednesday, June 15th.

They happen twice a year but depending on where you are in the world, they may or may not be at a convenient viewing time or when the skies are clear. Unfortunately, the eclipse this week won’t be visible to those of us in North America because it’ll occur during our daylight hours.

I [...]

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Carrying water

On June 8, 2011 · 5 Comments

When I saw the blue five-gallon water jugs that Walk 1st International provides for their Walk for Water campaign, I was taken instantly back to the time my husband and I regularly transported water by very similar, blue, forty pound water jugs.

We were living at and operating a little off-the-grid beachfront resort [...]

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Farm to market bakery garden, edison, WA

Edison, Washington: the perfect tiny town

On June 2, 2011 · 17 Comments

“Do you know where we can get a nice crusty baguette?” I asked the gal working at Golden Glen Creamery.

“You’re going into Edison, right?”

“I don’t know. Where’s Edison?”

“Just up Farm to Market Road a couple miles. Breadfarm is there. That’s where you get bread.”

“Breadfarm. Okay. So I’ll just find it [...]

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