Back in Boulder

I had to travel back to the states this week for a board meeting.  Wow…I wasn’t expecting the re-rentry to be so difficult!  After only 6 weeks in Spain, I have clearly started to adopt a different outlook on life.
After travelling for 2 days and dealing with the Lufthansa strike in Frankfurt, I hit the ground [...]

The Peach

I am eating a peach and observing the fact that my mind is thinking about the peach.  But as soon as my mind is aware of itself thinking, the thinking stops and the peach returns.  It is sweet, very juicy, dripping on my mouth and fingers, over-ripe, and a tad mushy.  My mind, again, is [...]

Where’s My Lipitor?

Part of living in a foreign country is exploring the many new, and often exotic, treats, aromas and flavors of the local cuisine.  This blog entry isn’t about that.  Instead, here’s a list of the more pedestrian foods that are found back home in Colorado, but have new meaning to me in Spain:

Mantequilla. Yuck, I [...]

Dongles – USB Mobile Broadband

ave you every tried to shop for a mobile phone plan? I mean really understand and compare them? It seems like all the telecom companies intentionally try to confuse you with their incomprehensible pricing plans and complex feature sets. Now try to do the same thing in a language you don’t understand!  ¿Dónde está el [...]

¿Qué pasó?

It’s been four weeks now, and I haven’t seen one newspaper, read about current events online, or watched TV (except for the fútbol game on inside a “sports bar” we ate at last week).  The world certainly must be completely stopped as a result of this ridiculous behavior.  No, it hasn’t ground to a halt?  Life [...]

Meat on a Stick

The other night we celebrated “Noche de San Juan”, the annual event held at midnight on the summer solstice.  I’m not Catholic, but I think it’s John the Baptish that has co-opted this pagan tradition.  It was an amazing evening, with what seemed like the entire town of Nerja enjoying the festivities at Playa Burriana.  Many of [...]

Disconnected and Discombobulated

My life is wired.  Or at least it is when I’m not connected wirelessly!  Emails, VPNs, on-line collaboration, Google searches, the NY Times and Wall St Journal, Skype video and phone calls, brokerage and bank accounts, bills, travel itineraries, calendars, etc.  Not to mention the daily, online Universal crossword puzzle that I was addicted to [...]

The Menagerie

I just woke up and made a great cup of really black, rich coffee.  Paired it with a crusty baguette with butter (I never eat the stuff at home, ever!) and some yummy, strawberry jam.  Perfecto!  My two daughters were up before me and managed to find the Frosted Mini Wheats, milk and chocolate croissants [...]

Day 1

It’s 3:00am on Wednesday morning June 11th (I think), and we are all wide-awake in our hotel room near London Heathrow airport.  I keep trying to sleep until our wakeup call at 4:45am, but it’s hopeless.  The girls start giggling.  I decide I’m up too and crawl in bed with Emma and Grace to get some [...]

My First Blog

I’ve been in Spain now for a few weeks, and I’ve decided that I need my own blog.  Perhaps it’s the vino tinto, or the hot sun getting to me.  Or maybe my personal coach finally got her advice through my thick skull (thanks Janet).  In any ca se, it’s time to come into the [...]