Note: This is the fifteenth of fifteen parts. Click here to read from the beginning. By the end of the month, most people in the world will have experienced 31 days. I will have experienced 32
Archives for January 2016
An Ambivalent Heart Bids Majuro Farewell
Note: This is the fourteenth of fifteen parts. Click here to read from the beginning. Somehow, 28 days have passed since I arrived in Majuro, and, as I write, my reality is that I have one day left
Tattoo U
Note: This is the thirteenth of fifteen parts. Click here to read from the beginning. Molly has several tattoos on her body. One on her back, and one on her foot. I was with her when she got both
Helicopter Flights for Six
Note: This is the twelfth of fifteen parts. Click here to read from the beginning. As promised, I baked a Duncan Hines chocolate cake and slathered it with cream cheese frosting. At 3:40 p.m., four
A Massage in a Closet with an Uncloseted Masseuse
Note: This is the eleventh of fifteen parts. Click here to read from the beginning. Even having a massage is an adventure in Majuro.
When Your Daughter is the Teacher
Note: This is the tenth of fifteen parts. Click here to read from the beginning. My daughter Molly has been more than a companion on this trip. She’s been a tour guide, an interpreter—the keeper of
A Day-Trip to the Island’s End
Note: This is the ninth of fifteen parts. Click here to read from the beginning. Here’s a story I’ll put in the “You can’t make this shit up” category. It’s about my most memorable on-island
Eneko can be a Busy Place Too
Note: This is the eighth of fifteen parts. Click here to read from the beginning. So, Eneko isn’t always a place of solitude. Sometimes Steve brings overwhelmingly full boatloads of people for the
An Actual Message in a Bottle
Note: This is the seventh of fifteen parts. Click here to read from the beginning. I missed the action. On our third day here, I was across the island doing yoga while an attempted “rescue” was
Paradise Away from Home
Note: This is the sixth of fifteen parts. Click here to read from the beginning. Eneko Island was Molly’s and my home away from home a few times. It’s a tiny place, about a half mile long and a