Where do I live again?????

This is Bermuda! It's supposed to be lovely and warm, right?
Last night it was 58F, tonight it's 56F....and it's been like this all winter. Never mind the storms. So I hear you all saying "Whaaa? That's not cold you wimp!"
While I am a self-confessed wimp, I also ask that you remember that we don't have heat in our homes. The houses are built to release heat and admit breezes and I am sitting in front of a little space heater, occasionally going to warm my hands by running hot water over them!
And yes, I am grateful for both the heater and the hot water, and the breeze-admitting roof over my head...

What it really got me thinking about was the whole 'Global Warming' debate.
Global Warming is a catch phrase that is such a misnomer.
Climate Change is better but still doesn't really cover it.
We have done so much damage to this planet from carelessness and it has caught up with us, that is scientific fact.
Yes, there are cycles that the Earth goes through, but it is agreed scientifically that this is not one of them.
And the term 'global warming' misleads the uninformed....they are expecting that suddenly winters and summers will both be warmer.
In actuality, while the planet's core temperature raises what it does is produce extremes in the atmospheric climate on the surface. Winters will be more severe, summers will be more severe, there will be more violent, frequent and freaky weather patterns. Sound familiar?
They've been trying to come up with a new name for the global warming phenomena, and they are actually thinking of including the word 'freak'!! Love it.

So anyway, I live on a bunch of patches of coral and limestone, 26 square miles in total, sitting on the rim of an extinct volcano in the middle of the Atlantic.
And it's effin' freezing right now!
Just wait til July when I start complaining about the heat!!

Having a laugh on V-day...

From a site called ShitMyDadSays....

"Nah, we don't celebrate it. Don't know who St. Valentine was, don't give a shit, and doubt he wants people screwing in his memory."
Excellent point of view!

And so I'm off for my Very Hot Valentine's date.....an afternoon with Lucas, age 4 and 7 months. Don't forget the 7 months!! He's not 4 anymore, and he's not 5 yet. Apparently this is very important. Must have something to do with nursery school hierachy?

Anyway...in the meantime...sending all my love to the other side of the world.

Dear Hallmark...

Re: Valentines Day
Thank you so much for giving us this day to remind us to tell the ones we love that we love them.
Good for you...without you we may never think to do that!!
Sincerely,
Who????????????

Good grief...it's pretty sad. Love is something to be celebrated every day, not just this one day in February. Tell the person you love that you love them whenever you get the chance!!!
Frankly, I prefer those everyday little expressions of love over the once-yearly-only shower of flowers, chocolate and a cheesy store-bought card.

Ug!

We have been experiencing the worst winter weather I can ever remember in Bermuda...the winter storms charging off the east coast of the USA are about set to blow us clean over to the other side of the Atlantic!! Sustained gale force winds with hurricane gusts of 100mph has left this beautiful green 'Emerald of the Atlantic' crispy brown and salt-burnt. Parts of the island have been cut off as bridges have been closed and people are stranded here and elsewhere as flights have been, and continue to be, cancelled. One brave British Airways flight from London this evening was planning an attempted landing, hoping to beat the next cold front, but gave up and re-routed to Boston, hoping to try again tomorrow.
The incessant roar as the wind howls around the house, the constant racket as it tortures the palm trees and banana grove, the cabin fever starting from not being able to get out and about!!! UG!
The best I can say about it is that the wind at my back made the long uphill walk from the store this afternoon A LOT quicker!

Hmm. What a whingey, whiney post. I better come up with something to be grateful for PDQ!!
Life. Love. Family. Friends. Laughter. Joy. There we go, much better!

Erm...isn't this February?

Winter storms are prevailing. The ugly weather that the East Coast USA experiences always hits us next...and it's never pretty when it's bad!
As a result we are expecting hurricane force winds as of tomorrow afternoon with torrential rain. Unfortunately the winds pick up over the ocean and *fortunately* the snow turns to rain.
It's about to really blow....and that has been SO consistent this winter. It's as if hurricane season has shifted and not limited to the usual time slot. Bah!
And I have a leak in my rain pants.

The upside is that when the sun does come out it is SOOOOOOO appreciated!!

Fundraising for Haiti

So last Friday I went to a fundraising event for the relief effort in Haiti with my BFF Cindy and her husband. It was packed so I'm pretty sure they must have raised a fair bit of dosh.
But honestly? I'm really only including the photo because I like it! :-)
However, the week before one of the other bars in town held a fundraiser as well. I couldn't go but still wanted to contribute and the thought of going down to The Bistro and just giving them my $20 cover charge anyway seemed so inadequate.
I'd been feeling really bad, watching the devastation, that I haven't been able to do more. I'm sure I'm like a lot of other people who wish they could just go down there and DO something practical....help clean up, rebuild, help the medical teams and the relief workers.
A few nights before the event I spotted a poster that I had been thinking of putting up on ebay. Since I know Rick, the owner of The Bistro, I called and asked if he might want to try auctioning it off and see what he might get for it. He thought it was a great idea and came and picked it up.

I got this signed poster during the time I worked for U2's tour promoters, TNA (The Next Adventure, not T___ and A___ !) This was one of the tours we managed.

And as it turns out someone paid $550 for it!!! Which is $530 more than my original $20 and a fair bit more than I could have donated in cash at all!

Woo hoo U2!!

So exciting!

After years of trying to figure out how to combine my passions with where I want to be in this world and how to make a living doing it....I HAVE IT!
THE idea!
No. Of course I'm not going to tell you. You might steal it, you sneaky little people! :-)

Now all I have to do is wait for the pieces to fall into place. And they will! I can't wait!!