That’s right. To quote the Whos of Whoville: We Are Here!

The title of this blog will be the name of my next blog, to which my husband is considering contributing occasionally. This entry will be the Culmination of Culminating Triad, so if you are a subscriber, please check out the new one. I am hoping to get to that this week, during our final, surely, hotel stay, at least for this year.

When we occupy our new apartment in Barcelona starting on November first, we will have been living in hotels (23 nights), one vacation rental (4), friends’ homes (29) or a sold house being packed and evacuated (9) since August 27th, that is, for 65 nights. The nomadic lifestyle has become strangely routine. Nonetheless, when I awoke this morning and looked out the window I had a Where am I? moment.

Although we’ve stayed in every situation from luxury digs to a quick overnight, and locations from the Redwood Forest to the Chesapeake Watershed with a side trip to Brookline, Barcelona looks different. It also feels different. We feel safe here.

Well, as safe as one can be in this world. The people who disagree with my assertions… that humans should be free to choose our own companions, lifestyle, and religion; that human governments’ primary function is to enable their citizens’ ability to be housed, fed, and healthy while living as free people; and that Earth is a place we should protect, not destroy…are not confined to the US, unfortunately. Some of the ones in Argentina were in the news this morning, and majorities in countries on every populated continent are in favor of autocracy, theocracy, police/military control, or all three.

So many people who feel entitled to be judge, jury, and executioner for so many others!

But let’s end on a high and hopeful note. We got turned around between the taxi and the hotel yesterday, and a stranger who observed us amid a sea of luggage scrutinizing our phones stopped of his own accord to help. After that we had lunch at a fabulous Indian restaurant in our new neighborhood, and then slept for 14 hours. Today we awoke to a perfect (California?!) sky, endlessly deep blue and absolutely clear in every direction, with temperatures in the 70s.

Today we’ll be picking up our apartment keys and starting the search for gap furniture while waiting for the NYK Demeter to arrive with our stuff. She has cleared the Panama Canal though, and will dock in Hispaniola tomorrow. So much to look forward to–and blog about!

For all of you I wish that you have at least one perfect adventure, one that suits you, enriches you, and enables you to live your best life, the life you choose for yourself.

Love, Jo