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I did the trip to Greece today to renew my Turkish visa -- it is now good for another 90 days! I plan on being here till the end of March (at least ( Read more... )

I see others have touched in to LJ every once in a while ... a respite from the oh so public 'other worlds' online. It feels intimate here -- possibly because so many of us are still virtual, and not even considering any ftf meetings? Yes, I've seen so many of you in the other worlds (how do we juggle them all?!) - even followed some of you to ( Read more... )

The Artemis Pansiyon has become my new home in Fethiye ...


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Woohoo! I cooked for Lu and Leo and family tonight -- a 'real American dinner': barbecue chicken, cornbread and a veggie slaw.


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The clouds were looming all day yesterday. It just began. The delicious, tropical, monsoonal rain.


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I watched the film "Séraphine" and then searched for more of her paintings. Stirring ... eerie ... the forms move; it is truly amazing art. This one, especially. It is as though you can see through the colors ... as if this is painted on a glass in front of fire.


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Many years ago three women of alt.surfing, weary of all the boy talk of meetups ('Guidopalooza'), met, surfed together in Hawai'i and then we posted our stories on the newsgroup. Today one of the daughters of an alt.surfing kupuna arrived on O'ahu to surf with her waterwomen friends. I was lucky enough to be 'tour guide' for their day of South ( Read more... )

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