We're Staying for another Six!!!

Gotcha! Today (April 1) does, however, mark our completion of six months abroad. So long, gone by so quickly, or vice versa; I ain't sure which. The adventures; the misadventures, detours and turnarounds; the good friends old and new we've been so blessed to travel and rest with; the challenges met and obstacles overcome; the unforeseen made manifest before us; every person, smell, place, taste melts into the mottled, amorphous, now dim and now alive again tapestry of memory. But there is not the sole repository of this great and varied time abroad. Its mark lay etched in our bones, on our faces and bodies, upon our very souls, those core essences within molded by such broad experience, and we're better for it. Deeper, wiser, more fully human. Many modes of living have filled this brief yet significant period of our lives. We've been students and teachers; volunteers and paid workers; campers; hikers; bikers; surfers and beach bums; mountain climbers; honored guests and proud hosts; penny pinching tramps and lavish splurgers; friends; lovers; clever navigators of the unknown and marks for the unscrupulous. No single m.o. has characterized any two consecutive episodes for us. We sought and found repeatedly the variety and sense of discovery we felt escaped us too often back home. And now we turn our eyes and hearts once more in that direction, imagining with piqued anticipation all the freshness restored to a homecoming. We are excited to reunite with you all in due time. We'll start that happy chapter one month from today. Love to all from Bali,

DnfnR