March 29 - A Dog Who Is The Centre Of Someone's World Doesn't Much Like It When He's Not Always The Centre Of Yours

It's a grandson day
Long walk at Panama Flats
Dyson seems jealous

March 28 - So She Says, "Why Can't I Walk On The Mat Like Them?" And I Remind Her That They Are 10

At last, a pool swim
R tackles the long red mat
Zac comes for the night

March 27 - Paul Goes Off For A Daysit While R And I Have A Moderately Successful Play Date With A Gym Friend

Nice house they've got here
Two cats with chubby faces
'Bracey' and Butters

March 26 - And Suddenly, There Is No Shortage Of Organizations Ready To Talk About Their Issues

Calls are flooding in
Reminds me of column days
Guess I touched a nerve

March 25 - I Can Almost Hear My Mom's Voice Saying, "Surely It's As Easy To Back A Winner As A Loser, Jody"

My instinct is to
pull alongside lost causes
love last year's lipstick

March 24 - Such A Social Day As We Accept Two Meal Invites And Even Do An Accompanied Dog Walk To Gonzalez

Day starts with waffles
and ends with a roast chicken
Earl Grey tea with Deb

March 23 - Car Ride North For A Facilitation With New Acquaintances

Crisis in Duncan
Can this non-profit be saved?
As it turns out, yes

March 22 - When You Ask People To Send You Their Concerns, And They Do

Yikes, work's piling up
Be careful what you wish for
Issues flooding in

March 21 - The Second Of Two Vaccinations And Here's Hoping It Really Does Last For Life

Shingles shot hits me
But the late-night Peers podcast
goes on anyway

March 20 - Paw Patrol On The Big Screen Veers Into The Usual Good-Evil Paradigm That R Understandably Hates

R's first real movie
Why must there be a villain?
Poor girl leaves in tears

March 19 - The New Realities Make It Much Harder To Just Sit Back And Enjoy A Warm, Sunny Day

Shorts and t-shirt day
I love it but it scares me
Should March be like this?

March 18 - So Do I Pick Crazy Jobs, Or Do I Create Them?

Work. Work. Work. Work. Work.
But then fish and chips for two
Like old Oak Bayites

March 17 - I Did Not Need This Down Vest

Mount Doug walk with D
His face when he sees rock cliffs
says this is all new

March 16 - This Has Been A Pretty Nice Week For Transitioning Out Of A Sunny Time Away

Got to be outside
Anderson Hill starts the day
Piano at night

March 15 - I Do Seem To Socialize More When Alone

Paul's off to party

Dyson and I walk to Kim’s

to drink too much wine

March 14 - Unclear What Dyson Makes Of Our Habitat-Building, But At Least He's Off-Leash With Friends

Three small wiggly eels

Strange things you find under rocks

when on a crab hunt

March 13 – First Day Back With R And She's Even More Conscious Of Words, Meanings, Moods, Context, And A Whole Lot Of Other Subtleties That Most Three-Year-Olds Pay No Attention To

Off to Heffalump

“I don’t like to wait!” she says

Way of the world, kid

March 12 - This Day Is All About Work, But With Good Internet

It’s procurement day

Here I come, hunting numbers

Scene’s worse than I thought

March 11 – Home Again Home Again Jiggedy-Jog

Head is travel-thick

Dyson wants sticks thrown just right

R wants us to stay

March 10 – From San Pedro To Vancouver As Paul Grits His Teeth Next To An Insanely Chatty Navy Guy

Head down. Get ‘er done

A plane crash is in the news

Luckily, not ours

March 9 – The Usual Mediocre Travel Day And Arrival To Booming Dance Music At Our San Pedro Hostel, Though The Motivation To Eat A Late-Night Gringa At Donde Ophelia’s Next Door Turns Out To Be A Good One

Ferry’s a wild ride

Bus drags on; my elbows hurt

A crash delays us

March 8 – A Greyish Start To The Day Finally Gets Us To The Utila Chocolate Place At The End Of Firehall Road

A cookie bowl, please

Fuels me for a final swim

Gonna miss you, fish

March 7 – A Small Evening Gathering Marks Our First Meal At Mango Tango

Fifty bucks for two

Not bad at home, but here? Whoa!

Plantain-battered shrimp

March 6 – You Know That Feeling When Someone Keeps Telling The Same Stories And Turns All Of Your Stories Into Stories About Them?

Girls’ day at the dock

Being pleasant gets harder

I need to go home

March 5 – Two Rowdy Nights In A Row At The Normally Peaceful Apartments Remind Me That Mostly I Can Still Sleep Through Any Central American Craziness

Crazy night of fights

Two guys, cell stolen, drama

At least there's no guns

March 4 – In Which The Wind Dies Completely And All Is Still And Hot, And The Drunk Canadian Guys Throw A Rager Party

Airport’s amazing

I float for two long hours

Glad to have survived

March 3 – At The Dock

Usual suspects

That’s how Kenner describes us

We can take the heat

March 2 – Sweet Jesus, Is There No Escape?

On this small platform

there’s nowhere to run from those

who won't stop talking          

March 1 – I Eat A Half-Order Of Really Good Nachos But Wish For A Bit More Of A Breeze

Paul’s down with the poos

I’m off to Neptune’s solo

Strange burrfish awaits

Feb 28 – Sometimes I Really Regret Having Portable Work

Phew, newsletter’s out

Alone time with a good book

The wind's relentless

Feb 27 – In Which I Stick Around The Place To Be Able To Say Goodbye And Get Through The Stuff From Home I’ve Been Stalling On

Boy and girl go home

I get work done but hate it

Still. Good for the sting