Exploring the Past to Improve the Future
By Eilene Lyon In late April, I spent a week on Maui with a friend I’ve known since high school. We rented a two-bedroom condo about a quarter-mile from the beach north of Lahaina in the Kaanapali area. You may recall the devastating fires that hit Lahaina in 2023, killing over 100 people. I confess... Continue Reading →
By Eilene Lyon If my memory serves me correctly (and I won’t swear it does), this cowry shell lei landed around my neck when our flight landed in Papeete, Tahiti, at 3 a.m. on a December morning in 1998. Let’s just say I’ve had it so long I can’t imagine where else I would have... Continue Reading →
By Eilene Lyon The “From the Vault” series features an artifact or family photo from my collection to illustrate a tale from my distant past. The first real vacation I took as an adult, after college, was a two-week Windjammer cruise in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). I had been living in Durango for less... Continue Reading →
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