Life Happens
dated 2008-03-09 | posted in columns | topic Travel | permanent link
Life Happens
“Life happens while you’re making other plans, “a friend told me recently. How right she was last week as Don and I visited Madeira for the first time. After a smooth 1hour and thirty minutes flight, from the new Terminal 2 in Lisbon, we landed in Funchal and took a taxi to our hotel: Choupana Hills Resort and Spa, the newest resort on the island and the only one nested high in the hills above the capital city.
Why Choupana? ...
One Shoe
dated 2008-03-24 | posted in columns | topic Health | permanent link
I had the kind of husband most women would envy. I say had because his helpfulness around the home vanished the day he broke his ankle three weeks ago. It wasn’t his fault, but after a surgery , a swollen and infected foot and a completely sedentary lifestyle, Don is now helpless instead of primary helper in the house. I remember when I met him nine years ago. “ Let me make your life easier,” he said in one of the all time great wooing lines. O ...