New Grandchild

We are back in the US until December 12 for the birth of our fourth grandchild, a darling little girl named Arwen. Her parents (Jesse and Yui Reynolds) now have two girls and with Max and Owen (children of Greg and Kristin White) we have four. Mother and babe are doing very well and Yui's mother just arrived from China to help them for the next 6 months, so our services are pretty much no longer needed. I'm going to spend a few days in Portland with my daughter and then it is back to Spain. Here is a photo of Elyn and Sophie being introduced to the new baby.

Powerful Places Website

Great news! Our new Powerful Places website is up. Click HERE to see Michael Fox's great work.

A Backup Plan, Don't Leave Home Without One

Elyn's latest article has just been published on YourLifeIsATrip.com. It's called "A Backup Plan: Don't Leave Home Without One" and describes the challenging (and nearly disastrous!) beginning of a recent family visit in Spain.

If you're interested,

1) You can read the article at

http://www.yourlifeisatrip.com/home/a-backup-plan-dont-leave-home-without-one.html

2) You can leave a comment on the website at the end of the article.

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Her previous articles can be found at http://www.yourlifeisatrip.com/home/author/elynaviva

A Procession in Girona Part I

We happened on this little parade while we were out at the market shopping this morning. I decided to experiment with my iPhone and took a few seconds of video of the "Big Heads" dancing to the sound of the primitive oboes and drums, the usual folk instruments here in Catalonia.