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Navigating roadblocks from David airport, while praying to make it home in a reasonable time, we studied the landscape from the back of a...
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Barefoot Island Girl JA
- Sep 9, 2023
- 4 min
Lessons from 61 rotations around the sun
As I celebrate and give thanks for seeing daylight at the beginning or end of 61st year of living (depending on who you ask), I bask in...
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Barefoot Island Girl JA
- Dec 26, 2022
- 5 min
A Bocas Christmas saved by the stars
There is something romantic and idealistic about leaving it all behind and living on a less developed island in a houseboat or...
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Barefoot Island Girl JA
- Jan 16, 2022
- 5 min
Launch out into the deep
As Mike and I walk by the beach on the outskirts of the sleepy beach town of Puerto Armuelles on Panama's Pacific coast, we watch as a...
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Barefoot Island Girl JA
- Oct 23, 2021
- 2 min
To the Bat Cave
I have visited Grand Cayman no less than 20 times over the past 10 years on behalf of my client who has offices here. My trips usually...
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Barefoot Island Girl JA
- Oct 21, 2021
- 3 min
Yearning for the Simple Life
Adulting is such hard work! I've been at it for 40+ years and still can't seem to master the art. I look around and wonder loudly to...
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Barefoot Island Girl JA
- Oct 16, 2021
- 4 min
Through the forest and over the hill to Grandma's House
Leaf peeping in the Catskills
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Barefoot Island Girl JA
- Sep 17, 2021
- 4 min
We're not in the same boat!
I'm so tired of hearing people say "we're all in the same boat" as a way of getting others to think like they do, or in an attempt to...
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Barefoot Island Girl JA
- Aug 4, 2021
- 3 min
Penguin Sliding towards a Dream
I'm not necessarily a fan of very cold weather and God knows I hate the heat, but recently I have been reliving my Antarctica experience...
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Barefoot Island Girl JA
- May 12, 2021
- 2 min
Changes in Latitude - escaping the sameness of life
The local joint where everybody knows your name like Cheers. The familiarity of knowing your neighborhood, your favorite Sushi...
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Barefoot Island Girl JA
- Aug 26, 2019
- 2 min
Blue Skies, Crystal Caves & a Mechanical Fish Head
I look out the window at bright blue skies as I get ready for the workday. Don't be fooled - the rain is coming as it has done for weeks...
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Barefoot Island Girl JA
- Aug 17, 2019
- 2 min
Grey morning gratitude
It’s 7am and I’m sitting on the beach in Grand Cayman. Despite all efforts, the sun is firmly hidden behind thick clouds that predict rain.
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Barefoot Island Girl JA
- Oct 20, 2018
- 3 min
Free Public beaches, monkey on my back and a fond farewell
As we get ready to end our amazing month in Costa Rica, the sun greets us with gusto. When they told me it that I’d be traveling in the...
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Barefoot Island Girl JA
- Oct 10, 2018
- 3 min
Sloths, Monkeys & Manuel Antonio
Its 6:30am in the middle of October and the Pacific town of Manuel Antonio is already buzzing with life. The National Park opens at 7am...
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