What if all of the sudden your circumstances were such that you were presented with an opportunity that would both challenge and change the way you looked at your current plans?  We are fortunate to be in a position to to embrace this change and take some time off to travel and explore the world we live in.  Some of you wanted to follow us on this journey and while I Google all the time, I don't Tweet or Facebook so I thought I would try my hand at a blog as a way to share with those of you who have interest.  If you want to subscribe, just put your email address in the appropriate box and you will be notified of my posts.  If you just want to follow The Fortuitous Hiatus casually, you can do so by your favorites and visiting when you have time or interest.  Feel free to comment and correspond.  It is a intended to be a social place.  Thanks for your interest.

Ode To Moving Day

Boxes and tape we meet yet again,

Where did we pack X, an all too familiar refrain.

Boxes and tape intended to bind,

Have the opposite effect on good friends left behind. 

Beginnings and endings criss cross in the fray.

Are all these "things" necessary to live everyday?

Worldly possessions weigh heavily, pun intended.

Freedom from them can be both disturbing and splendid.

We have little memory of what we packed where.

We just know we'll need it when we get there.

The truck has been loaded, no time to wallow 

Another move down, how many more shall follow?

Outdoor furniture doubles as living room furniture for our last days on the island.