When I picked up the mail and my packages this afternoon, my heart skipped a beat when I saw that I had received a parcel from my dear friend, Joan Ishibashi, about whom I’ve written several posts on this blog. Joan was my son’s Confirmation teacher back in the day, and served as the Executive… Read More Early Christmas present!
I’m leaving London later this morning, and in thinking back to my 4 days and 3 nights in Port Isaac, someone asked me what makes this village so special. Why would I take 17 hours out of my life to travel 7,199 miles to this little town? Well, like most things, you can find the… Read More Magical
Yesterday, Joan Ishibashi and I were sitting in The Slipway restaurant, when a man in a sports car drove up. “Isn’t that Ian McNeice?” I asked. “Go out and ask him for a picture,” Joan replied. McNeice usually carries a small green bucket and asks for a £1 donation to the Port Isaac RNLI (Royal… Read More Starstruck
It was in September 2019 that my relationship to other fans of the TV show, “Doc Martin,” and my life changed. I had already joined several Facebook groups, “Doc Martin (Martin Clunes) Fan Club,” “Doc Martin Fans,” “Season 9 and 10 Doc Martin Spoilers” etc. and was happy to see other people’s posts about the… Read More Doc Martin fans — Reunion!
It was bad enough that the total flying time from Honolulu to London was 15 hours, plus a 2-1/2 hour layover in San Francisco. On Thursday morning, I got up at 5:00 am to be ready for a morning flight to SFO, and arrived the next day about 1:00 pm London time—watching two movies and… Read More Sleepless in the U.K.
I have this fantasy that when you’re retired, you’re able to throw away your alarm clock! No such luck, I still get up at 5:30 a.m. every morning, even though I may have stayed up past midnight to watch Spanish language telenovelas! It’s a fact of life, like death and taxes, that a musician’s life… Read More Delusions of retirement
Seems like all we hear on the news is about COVID-19, the coronavirus which is spreading like wildfire and has affected over 80,000 people to date. Just yesterday, which was Ash Wednesday, I read Sarah Pulliam Bailey’s article on the Washington Post, “Sip from the common cup? On Ash Wednesday, coronavirus and the flu have… Read More Church culture and coronavirus
Last week when I was scrolling through Facebook, one post caught my eye: As readers of my blog may know, I’m a HUGE fan of the television show, Doc Martin, which I discovered only about three years ago. I saw this post on Thursday and thought about it all day. That night, I couldn’t sleep… Read More OMG! I’m on the BBC!
I have been home for less than two days—it’s 2:25 am and can’t sleep. Ah jet lag, my old friend, what’s new?! In looking over my photos, I realized I took a bunch more which I haven’t posted yet from our trip to Port Isaac, the real life village of Doc Martin. On our walking… Read More Churches in Port Isaac
I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn’t dreaming: There’s the lifeboat station, oh, and over there is where Doc Martin buys his fish. Look, there’s Mrs Tishell’s pharmacy and here’s the restaurant where Martin has lunch with his friend. Oh, and over there I see Doc Martin’s surgery! About two years ago,… Read More Portwenn: A dream come true