Amy Currioman

I’ve only been to Monhegan Island a couple of times.  The first time it was a weekend getaway gift from my in-laws where they took possession of our infant son and sent my husband and I away on a weekend trip accompanied by my husband’s grandparents.  We had to take an old mail boat ferry across the channel. If I recall correctly it was over an hour-long trip; it was cold and it was wet.  We sat on the bow of the ship and shivered in the cold.  I wanted to go down below bt my husband told me that if we went below that we would get seasick so we stayed up on the bow and tried to make small talk.

The first time I tried a green tea it was shortly after my arrival on Monhegan Island after a very bumpy boat ride.  My stomach was rather queasy but my friends told me that if I got some food on my stomach that I’d start feeling better pretty quickly.  So we went to a restaurant to have breakfast and the only tea they had available to drink was green tea.  I’d never tried green tea before and I don’t like coffee so I went ahead and decided to try the green tea.  I asked the server what most people put in their tea and she smiled and said that most people will drink it plain.  I tried a sip of it; it was really nasty so I tried putting sugar and cream in it and it still tasted really nasty.

This guest post from Edgardo Rosa

My wife and I love hiking, even though some people don’t really consider it a sport. It’s been a really great way to keep in shape these last few years and we usually get to travel to find a great hike which is an added bonus! Recently I subscribed us to Wireless internet which means we have mobile connections wherever we go. After a few weeks of spontaneously emailing friends from the car on the way to a hike to ask them to join we had a revelation: let’s start a hiking club! We know plenty of people who like it as much as we do and there’s no reason we can’t plan the! hikes since we’re doing so already, so we figured it’d be a great way to see our friends and get some exercise. My wife’s been joking around about designing team t-shirts and even having a listserv so everyone can communicate. I think it sounds like a lot of fun and I’m excited to get a group together to start hiking every weekend!

Sue decided to spend a week in Chicago, visiting with Aunt June.  Aunt June hasn’t been feeling well lately, and wasn’t able to come visit with us like she usually does.  We’ve been quite unhappy with air travel of late, so Sue decided to drive up instead of flying. So Sue borrowed my EZ Pass and drove  to Chicago.  We figured that was the best idea because that would make her departure and arrival days and times flexible.

While Sue was in Chicago, she was driving Aunt June around town to run some errands and her car overheated.  She took it to a Chicago auto repair shop and they told her that she needed a new water pump.  I had to give Sue my credit card information so she could get the car fixed.  That’s one of the drawbacks to taking your own car on a trip!  Maybe next time she’ll rent a car for the trip.  Getting a rental with unlimited mileage just might be the best way to go; if it breaks down you don’t have to pay to get it fixed, you just trade it in for a different rental car and you’re on your way!

There was a terrible earthquake in Chile. The news reports say that the earthquake was almost 1,000 stronger than the one that hit Haiti 2 months ago. This earthquake was an 8.8 magnitude! I sure hope that there is not the same level of devastation and loss of life that Haiti has suffered. My heart goes out to the good people of Chile.