Author Archives: Trish and Rob
The Key
One of our favorite travel activities is reading. On our recent trip to Costa Rica, I had a selection of books – three on my Nook and two actual books. The Passage, by Justin Cronin, is over 700 pages long … Continue reading
Midnight in Paris
This post may be a synchro in that the first movie we saw after returning from our Costa Rica trip was Midnight in Paris, a time travel movie in the Woody Allen sense. It felt right because Costa Rica is … Continue reading
111.11
On the morning of June 8, we left Arenal Lodge and set out in our rented 4×4 for Monteverde, Costa Rica’s cloud forest, one of the country’s protected regions. More than a third of Costa Rica is … Continue reading
Egyptian synchros
Jane and the sheik Jane Clifford of Wales recently spent a month in the Sinai, which she describes as a life-changing experience. Her time with the Bedouins was marked by numerous synchronicities and startling encounters. “The Bedouin camp I stayed … Continue reading
Angel in My Pocket
Last year, we posted a moving synchronicity from Judy, a woman Trish knew in college, who is a professional photographer in Manhattan. For 35 years, she was involved with Hank, also a professional photographer. Their relationship went through … Continue reading
The Orangutan and the Pooch
Our friend Judi Hertling sent us this sequence of photos and the story. It’s one of those stories that illustrates how animals of different species find love and support and friendship with each other. Now: if only we humans of … Continue reading
Time, Space, and Costa Rica
Arenal volcano, Costa Rica & the view from our porch The name means “rich coasts,” and yet on our trip to this country, we didn’t visit the Atlantic or Pacific coasts. We focused on the interior, around Arenal volcano, one … Continue reading
Hot Dog!
Fortunately, we were out of the country when the focus of the U.S. news turned to Anthony Weiner and his problems with his namesake appendage. No doubt he will be forced to resign from congress, even though many others have … Continue reading
Appreciation
Part of Megan’s graduation present was a virtual Hicks workshop, which she watched in its entirety on May 28, with Rob and I popping in now and then to catch glimpses of it. Last night and this evening, – May … Continue reading
Room 619
There’s something about a hair salon that encourages conversation among women who don’t see each other except for hair cuts, coloring, highlights, and all the other things we have done to our hair. So today, during one of those conversations … Continue reading






