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