What’s a DEVA

What’s a DEVA

​ Barb Here: Lynnelle and I met a few years after EW and I had moved aboard the boat; just before her divorce. She is the only deep and lasting non-boating friend I’ve made since moving aboard. New land-dwellers we meet seem to find people …

Our Sixties – THE Sixties

Our Sixties – THE Sixties

We’re Barb & Lynnelle …and we used to think 60 was old. But not any more. Friends as different as night and day (& Heels and Tevas), but as close as peanut butter and jelly (& red wine and chocolate)—we know we’re not alone in …

Mirror Mirror on the Hotel Bathroom Wall

Mirror Mirror on the Hotel Bathroom Wall

Barb here. Having recently flown to Dallas and stayed in a hotel in order to help Lynnelle celebrate turning 60, I was reminded once again about my biggest hotel pet peeve: Mirrors. First, the magnified make-up mirror was not well lit. As a woman of …

Life’s Lists, Shoulds and Mlle Colette

Life’s Lists, Shoulds and Mlle Colette

Barb here. Let’s talk lists. I love “To-Do-Lists! I really love crossing things off the list. (I like that so much I’ve been known to write down a completed task just so I can cross it off. Some of you will relate.)  More… I’ve used …

#10 Give Without Strings

#10 Give Without Strings

Giving without strings attached is more than giving something without receiving anything in return, it is giving without EXPECTING anything in return – which can be rarer than a Dodo sighting. How many of us can say we do something every day – or week …

#7 Practice Patience

#7 Practice Patience

Not many people would say I’m a patient person. (I’d disagree, of course, but that’s for a different post.) Impatience is a stressor. Impatience causes conflict. Impatience is a result of trying to control something that is not within your control. Give up control; have …