birthday

Thanks to all my die-hard fans for making it out to my B-day party last Sunday (March 19). (Thanks especially to my roommate for making a delicious ghirardelli cake!)... I didn't feel like it was "my day" until everyone was there standing around me, wishing me well and warming my heart... I guess I was sort of in denial that I'd turned a year older. ugh. 27.

plus, I'd just gotten back from building another great playground in Tucson, AZ, the day before. so I was a little exhausted from that, too.

paradise

i just got back from 7 days in paradise: West Coast, Jamaica. it was so wonderful to relax on the cliffs, drink Blue Mountain coffee, smoke spliffs and take it easy mon... and so glorious to swim in the clear streams of the YS (above) and the crystal clear ocean waters of Negril, to cruise up the "cliffs road" on a scooter, to stop in humble bars, amazing little restaurants, artisan/tourist shops and an organic rasta-food shack (for veggie/pumpkin soup, festival, beans & rice), to bathe in the mineral springs of Roaring River, to hear reggae everywhere in the air, to take music (guitar, shaker, harmonica & flute) with us everywhere we went (thanks to Honza), to attend the Sheffield Church of the Brethren (for the culture of it), and to watch the sunset and the moonset every night we were there.

time slows down there. i took deeper breaths, caught a mellow mood and felt irie, mon. i miss it -- i miss the air, the water, the sun, the people, the food & drink, the music and the new friends. my heart goes out to you, Greg, Valrie, Janet, Rusty, Honza, Ashley, Jakub, Kiersa and Bob. thank you for the journey and the love.