Author: cindyrosstraveler
All I Want for New Year’s is my left top incisor – or not!
I’d Rather be a Mom
There was a time,not too long ago, that I wished I were a dad instead of a mom.Sierra was in a bad way in China. She was sick and had been on and off multiple drugs- scary ones like powders in paper bags and a dose of 30 pills a … Continue Reading I’d Rather be a Mom
Getting Ready for China at the Local Chinese Buffet- OR NOT!
Getting Naked – Reflections on Being a Life Drawing Model after a 20 year Absence
A Good Enough Wife but a Great Mother
When Gratitude is Mistook for Spam… Something is Wrong
From the Front of the Bus- Life on the Road on the Samana Peninsula (Dominican Republic)
‘Good’ Mothers Always Make Good
I blew Sierra’s little graduation present to Cape Cod off last summer when I got an invitation to go to Zimbabwe. She was pretty pissed, then disappointed. It was just going to be her and I in a little cottage. It also would have taken place at a very stressful … Continue Reading ‘Good’ Mothers Always Make Good
No Barriers on the Samana Peninsula of the Dominican Republic
Upping the Fun Factor- “Adventure Days”
I was driving the other day when I realized that I completely missed out on Halloween fun this year. The third year in a row, actually, out of a long streak of over a dozen years. I have no kids anymore. No kids at home. It is very sad. We … Continue Reading Upping the Fun Factor- “Adventure Days”
Bob the Butcher with a Big Heart
I have this butcher who does not like to kill anything. He cuts raw red animal flesh all day long but he can’t kill ANYTHING. I find it kind of interesting, with his big meat cleavers. He’s not really MY butcher- I don’t have a personal butcher and rarely buy … Continue Reading Bob the Butcher with a Big Heart
Spending All Souls Day with the Souls of Duffy’s Cut
Too Busy Living to Think About Dying, but maybe we should
I recently got reconnected to my midwife who delivered my children here at our home the base of Hawk Mountain. (Twenty years later, yet another Facebook success reuniting story). She was on her way to the North Lookout to watch soaring migrating birds and heal from a particularly sorrowful funeral … Continue Reading Too Busy Living to Think About Dying, but maybe we should
Fishing Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
The big oil freighter sails down the swollen Mississippi River at 20 knots, fast and wild as if it were a toy in the bath tub. “She’s from Greece,” my fishing guide, Ryan Lambert informs me, as we stare at the ten- foot high wake receding behind it. It separates the … Continue Reading Fishing Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
Cindy Ross 