We are back from Mexico but of course are already planning our next journey. I am trying a new thing as part of the planning process and thought you might like to see how it develops. I have used the Notes App on my Apple devices for years, Evernote before Apple upgraded their app to…
This week in The Pearl – January 16, 2025
We got back to The Pearl on Tuesday, but not before spending an interesting weekend. Last Friday we moved from our hotel in The Gallery district of San Jose del Cabo to the Zona Hotelera. We stayed at Krystal Grand Los Cabos, an all inclusive resort. This was our first experience with an all inclusive…
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday – sketching light and fast
Two of the challenges of travelsketching are packing light and traveling with others. Often I see folks show what they are packing for a vacation and it strikes me that they carry a lot more than I do. I don’t take much of anything that “I just might need.” Experience tells me that those things…
This week – not in The Pearl – January 8, 2025
Writing this from our deck in San José del Cabo, the quieter village 40 minutes east of the party city. Quiet is relative, but such is life, at least not much in the way of late night revelry here. The highlight of the weekend, before we left for Mexico, was Saturday when we met up…
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday – What is good?
Many years of coaching and counseling lead me to the conclusion that the source of most of our problems is the insecurity that springs from our sense that we don’t measure up. Nowhere is this more prevalent than in our art. People talk about themselves and art in comments that seem to be connected to…