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The hubby and I are plotting ways to stay on in Hawaii. Okay, not seriously, but the thought had crossed my mind. Being in a perennially warmish place feels so good. I woke at dawn to the alarm clock so I could catch the sunrise. And with a fully formed […]

Maui Day 6: ‘lao Valley & Ka’anapali Beach

February 25, 2021 in Hawaii / travel / Uncategorized by Jewel Allen

Wednesday felt like the perfect Hawaii day. (Which was good because, due to wind, skydiving had been postponed yet again, this time to Friday.) Not that the other days hadn’t been great. But they hadn’t been all that warm on the jungle-y Hana side. Kihei, however, was full-on tropical. No […]

Maui Day 5: Snorkeling & Beach Day

February 25, 2021 in Hawaii / trave; / travel / Uncategorized tagged Hawaii / travel by Jewel Allen

The birds woke me a little after six. Dozens–no, hundreds–of them outside our condo, making their mating / breakfast / who knows call. I had slipped in bed late last night, exhausted from all our hiking. I thought vaguely that I should set my alarm for sunrise, only to drop […]

Maui Day 4: Lahaina & Whale Watching

February 23, 2021 in Hawaii / travel / Uncategorized by Jewel Allen

My husband is not a morning person. On vacations, he does not like getting up earlier than he needs to. But he gamely does when I cajole him. Since our skydiving had been postponed due to wind, we decided to catch our first sunrise in Hana, driving a mile or […]

Maui Day 3: Hāmoa Beach, Haleakala National Park & Kihei

February 22, 2021 in Hawaii / travel / Uncategorized by Jewel Allen

As it was Sunday, we tuned in to our church’s Zoom meeting at 7:30 a.m. (10:30 a.m. Utah time) and then set off on the Road to Hana. It’s true what they say about that highway–it is both a pretty drive, and harrowing too, with single-lane bridges and turns with […]

Maui Day 2: Road to Hana

February 21, 2021 in Hawaii / travel / Uncategorized by Jewel Allen

I did it! I self-published Cuba: A Travel Journal with Recipes in e-book. With lots of photos. I had been wanting to publish this book since returning from Cuba in February. The journal chronicles, via stories and photos, my eight-day trip through Cuba with my husband and a small tour […]

How I Self-Published a Travel Journal/ E-Cookbook

July 1, 2020 in cooking / Cuba / rapid recipe / rapid release / travel by Jewel Allen

My family and I traveled through Korea for two weeks, and it was amazing. Koreans are wonderful and hospitable people, but the food there was a challenge for me. Our hosts fed us full meals almost every day. Even eating out was not a simple affair, meat and rice heavy. […]

Healthier Writer Habits

June 4, 2019 in Desk Job Detox / fitness / travel by Jewel Allen

I don’t know all the details of his story but his gaunt cheekbones and subdued manner spoke volumes. I could only imagine what he’d had to endure fleeing North Korea after he was exposed helping others defect, hiding out in the mountains, and then leaving behind his wife and children […]

Korean Day 13

May 31, 2019 in Korea / travel by Jewel Allen

We are in Seoul, where we’ll spend two days before heading home. My husband Drew is back after 30 years, when he once served for two years as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Many of the buildings he used to pass are no longer […]

Korea Day 12

May 30, 2019 in Korea / travel by Jewel Allen