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• Health on the Road: Committing to a Healthy Lifestyle

  By Julie Callahan on April 22, 2016 • ( 18 )

  

  Around this time of year, my blog turns to health; after all, it’s annual checkup time. Guatemala, it turns out, was a poor man’s fat camp. During three months of stairs and beans and pineapple (and avocados!), Pat lost 15… Read More ›

• An Eventful, Uneventful April in Charlottesville

  By Julie Callahan on April 17, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  We had an eventful, uneventful arrival back in Charlottesville. On the train from DC, Pat executed a flawed clean and jerk of his 50-pound suitcase to the overhead storage bin in a moving train. It ended poorly with the suitcase… Read More ›

• A Year in Retirement

  By Julie Callahan on April 8, 2016 • ( 16 )

  A year ago this week, I retired from IBM. At the time, Pat thought that I’d cry (I didn’t). That I would turn around and look back at the building (I forgot to). And that it would be a sad… Read More ›

• Antigua, Guatemala

  By Julie Callahan on March 31, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  This morning, I woke as I always do—early. Since we are staying in a hotel, I stepped out into the courtyard, which remains my sanctuary, so I could read and not disturb Pat. The air is crisp; Antigua, at nearly… Read More ›

• Goodbye San Marcos La Laguna

  By Julie Callahan on March 25, 2016 • ( 8 )

  

  Guatemala has a terrible crime problem—or at least the perception of a terrible crime problem which is supported by seemingly credible statistics. I don’t think of myself as a worrier, but the first few weeks I laid awake at night… Read More ›