i have developed a fondness for Lasko beer on tap – there is a certain place here in Lastovo where they can draw the draft perfectly and the head is creamy – about an inch and a half high – ice cold – and we sit on the balcony and watch sea, mountains, birds, sunsets, sunrises, and basically that is all. What is absolutely amazing to me is how much goes through my mind on…
On this remote island of Croatia we have developed a little routine in our hamlet – we get up and have coffee watching the sun rise above the hills of Miljet and Korcula and then we go for a swim and then we have our beers (we are up to 2 six packs each a day – dont ask) – then we have lunch then nap then swim then coffee and cookies then hike then…
Dreamed Steve took a job with an institution for longevity and he went to live in a cultish modern bubble as the chief architect.He told me the last year had been hard on him. Dreamed there were people who knocked on my door and wanted to make themselves at home in my house and they rifled through the cabinets and opened the fridge and were put off by my discomfort. Dreamed that the Landmark Hotel…
The Dali Lama said when asked how to raise a child was to teach her to be kind to insects. Today sipping tea on the terrace underneath the bougainvilla and grape arbor, an ant circled my foot – i flicked the ant away and it stumbled a few feet from me and then tried to move away but could not – i watched the ant struggling and thought how horrible i was for flicking that…
So I told T I cannot believe I knew nothing of Croatia, or Eastern Europe for that matter – and she said her friend in Seattle told her what he had learned in school about Yugoslavia is that it is composed of two different ethnic groups – the Yugos and the Slavs. That was more than I learned.
We wake to our muesli and kefir with strong croatian coffee and peaches and plums – then we make our sandwiches from the local cheese and slice tomatoes that we salt and drench in olive oil and toss in a few slices of ham – then we head to the plaza for our beers – we take a boat over to our island to swim all day and sleep under pine trees and before we…
Tomorrow, we are getting ready to leave Hvar and head to another island, Lastovo – we said goodbye to Jerolim just now after we did a semi circle around the island by foot and then swam it as well – the rocks, the curry plants (smilje) give a heady scent in the heat of the day, the sea is like nothing i have ever swam in before – today is our five month anniversary and…
Here on the Croatian coast on our honeymoon we have found matching rings, relaxation and lots of time to be – but like everything in life there is a fleetingness that accompanies each passing moment.
Bam has escaped three times. Arlene was at the vet having thrown up five times. Loca broke through the screen door and dug a hole to China in the backyard. No one came to walk Loca last weekend. Andree is bringing dessert over tonight for my mom. I walk along the seawall in Stari Grad – old town – and feel as if I am in Mr. Hulots Holiday – otherworldly – out of touch…
a couple of dresses, lazy days, and suddenly you find home – or maybe you realize that home is where the heart is and anything else is just another layer – lovely but unnecessary.