Tag: travel

• A day in the life

  We wake before the sun crests the horizon behind our back porch. The roaming roosters begin their calls while the myriad dogs rest from their late night spars. Our morning cup of tea requires milk, less for flavor or heat than for assurance that we’ve removed any ants who may have drowned in it. Most […]

  Donna Douglass

  Monday September 30, 2013

  New in our lives

  aviation, Flying, Palau, travel

• A picture emerges

  Floating puzzle pieces once haunted my mind when I considered the future. Bits of who I was, they simply didn’t fit any life I could imagine. Eight years ago, they suddenly fell into place when I met Slick. Immediately I recognized the path God had planned all along. In recent days I’ve seen that happen […]

  Donna Douglass

  Sunday May 26, 2013

  At the foot of the Throne, New in our lives

  aviation, donna douglass, faith, family, Flying, God, meditation, missionaries, pets, religion, travel

• midcourse guidance

  An isolated island in the rushing torrent of “modern life,” set apart in space and time. No wi-fi, out of cell coverage, no satellite or cable, only one phone line for the office. In the tents and cabins, no electricity or running water. Camp leaped toward modernity with the addition of their overhead projector. But […]

  Donna Douglass

  Saturday September 8, 2012

  At the foot of the Throne, New in our lives

  children, donna douglass, faith, family, God, meditation, relationships, religion, travel

• Nairobi: a runner’s snapshot

  In some ways it’s not unlike anywhere in the western world, full of people trying to eek out a living day-to-day. Oh, the roads aren’t the best, and a maze of potholes combines with frequent and unmarked speed bumps to keep traffic slow. Only the wealthy few even have cars to dodge potholes, but trucks, […]

  Donna Douglass

  Tuesday December 13, 2011

  Musings of an athlete

  Africa, donna douglass, running, travel