<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='yes'?><rss version='2.0'><channel><title>My Blog Feed</title><link>http://www.tblog.com/</link><description>A tBlog Blog!</description><lastBuildDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 21:27:26 -0700</lastBuildDate><language>en-us</language><item><title><![CDATA[Adoption love (or: sometimes miracles happen)]]></title><link>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/194192</link><guid>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/194192</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[On the 15th of June, 32 years ago, I gave up my daughter to a couple still married. I met her when she was 18. We were wearing the same earrings and the same shoes. She loves sushi too. That is trite,... <a href='http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/194192'>more from caribemj...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Back to the gardens]]></title><link>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/188177</link><guid>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/188177</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[After almost a month of business craziness, I turned in my resignation at the hotel. All the rumors of why no one works for this man proved true. But the headache I've had for two weeks is gone today,... <a href='http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/188177'>more from caribemj...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rain World]]></title><link>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/179251</link><guid>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/179251</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Poor tourists! Poor old people! With the downtown area torn up and rain the past three days, the streets are like some WWII movie, mud and rocks and holes and trenches. If OSHA drops by, the island is... <a href='http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/179251'>more from caribemj...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seriously bewildered]]></title><link>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/178105</link><guid>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/178105</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I haven't been able to write these days and sort of wonder if I can now. Tuesday was my daughter's birthday. She had to work so I called her to cheer her up. But.She told me her ex boyfriend, stil... <a href='http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/178105'>more from caribemj...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mother's Day Chicken Lesson]]></title><link>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/173977</link><guid>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/173977</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I have a lot of wild chickens around here. They start crowing at 3 a.m. and stop long after dark. They also like to nibble in the garden and because I can't trap or kill them (oh, I could but I can't)... <a href='http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/173977'>more from caribemj...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prayer Feathers]]></title><link>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/172332</link><guid>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/172332</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I didn't know who to talk to but i wanted to talk to family. One daughter not home, so the other, but I got my son in law, who I love for his own self. He is himself, but he is also Potowatomi, and I ... <a href='http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/172332'>more from caribemj...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Strange and Terrible Day]]></title><link>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/172298</link><guid>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/172298</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[This morning in the gardens I came across a feather, brown on one side and black on the other. I had been reading a book about centuries old Indians who tied feathers to trees for a prayer and so I pi... <a href='http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/172298'>more from caribemj...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hummingbird bath]]></title><link>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/171616</link><guid>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/171616</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Usually when I'm watering the gardens a couple of hummingbirds flit around in the spray, but this morning was different. A baby hummingbird landed on an almond tree leaf 200 times its size and kept wa... <a href='http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/171616'>more from caribemj...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a night]]></title><link>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/171275</link><guid>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/171275</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[After work, going for a drink and seeing two guys I needed to see, one for screens for the hotel and one to clean up the office computer, ending up being invited to dinner, a huge slab of meat shoved ... <a href='http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/171275'>more from caribemj...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being an American]]></title><link>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/170532</link><guid>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/170532</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Reading the news this morning off the BBC world news edition, which is how I start every morning, I feel completely ill. Completely versus partially, which is how I've felt the last mornings, reading ... <a href='http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/170532'>more from caribemj...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Night riding]]></title><link>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/169570</link><guid>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/169570</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I couldn't resist the urge to go sailing with my landlord last night, knowing it was the full moon and the weather was perfect. We headed out before sunset to catch La Bella Luna rising full and s... <a href='http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/169570'>more from caribemj...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virago]]></title><link>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/168910</link><guid>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/168910</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Virago - a woman of great stature, strength and courage who is not feminine in the conventional ways. A bold turbulant womanI read this word last night in a book called Confessions of a Failed... <a href='http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/168910'>more from caribemj...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slamming Rain]]></title><link>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/168470</link><guid>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/168470</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The rain was crazy last night, slamming onto the tin roof and filling my water catchers - this morning flowers opened that might have waited days and the wind doesn't stop. An Italian woman from NY as... <a href='http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/168470'>more from caribemj...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grey Monday]]></title><link>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/167392</link><guid>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/167392</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Right after watering the garden it started to rain. This could put the kabosh on diving for Adrian and May this morning but most likely not. If not, I'll have the hotel on my own today and can make al... <a href='http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/167392'>more from caribemj...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[New jobs and other madness]]></title><link>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/166853</link><guid>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/166853</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I forgot just how tiring it can be to start a new job - new systems, computer stuff, long hours (but four days off after tomorrow - I hope). But in the middle of that is the madness of trying to dislo... <a href='http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/166853'>more from caribemj...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crazy Joanna and My Grey Hair]]></title><link>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/164482</link><guid>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/164482</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Walking to the hotel this morning I met up with Crazy Joanna, who has a fantastic new hat (they are making a movie here and she says she is in it, which I have no doubt could be true) and this morning... <a href='http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/164482'>more from caribemj...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to make people laugh on a small island]]></title><link>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/164393</link><guid>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/164393</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[After a morning spent with Adrian and May trying to learn all the computer ways of working a hotel (after many years of having done hotels with more rooms and less clicking) Arlene and I went for lunc... <a href='http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/164393'>more from caribemj...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Growing up?]]></title><link>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/163823</link><guid>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/163823</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I'm always amazed when life just slides into a 180 turn, whether I stress wildly or just sit back and watch the flow of it. In that zone, I suppose it's easier to see when to put toes in the water and... <a href='http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/163823'>more from caribemj...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Succumbing to the numbers]]></title><link>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/163019</link><guid>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/163019</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Today I said yes to the Greek, after he made me an offer I couldn't refuse. Well, I made him an offer and he accepted it and threw in a bit to sweeten the pot. If it all goes as it sounds (and not blo... <a href='http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/163019'>more from caribemj...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best friends make you laugh]]></title><link>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/162193</link><guid>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/162193</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I certainly was done with writing online tonight but got this from a friend of mine (I guess 40 years counts as long time friend) and it was too good not to share.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~... <a href='http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/162193'>more from caribemj...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[So it goes]]></title><link>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/162160</link><guid>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/162160</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[No gift shop. The woman who was running it a few times a week had company from the states and decided not to open - typical, but good, no money spent there. While walking around and running into p... <a href='http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/162160'>more from caribemj...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flying flamingos]]></title><link>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/161618</link><guid>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/161618</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Flamenco gift shop is closing today. Patty and I are going to see what the last sales are - she already bought the only shoes I wanted out of the place - I want those wispy curtains that aren't for sa... <a href='http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/161618'>more from caribemj...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carry on]]></title><link>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/160501</link><guid>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/160501</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[When I quit my job, it was because of old injuries to my arms that for some reason have flared up again. A doctor says work less, surgery or no use of arms...have you tried not using your arms lately?... <a href='http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/160501'>more from caribemj...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Search engines - the first one is free, then you are hooked...]]></title><link>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/159573</link><guid>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/159573</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I love search engines. How did I get from searching for edible flowers to becoming a consultant? And being a consultant has always been a fantasy of mine, though I prefer the word ombudsman, un PC tho... <a href='http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/159573'>more from caribemj...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Island Sunday]]></title><link>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/159462</link><guid>http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/159462</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A typical island Sunday...sky insanely blue, water a hundred shades of the same, boats moored for the weekend, and quiet. Well, quiet except for the drumming from over the hill. I have no idea where i... <a href='http://caribemj.tblog.com/post/159462'>more from caribemj...</a>]]></description></item></channel></rss>