St. Croix prices

At Schooner Bay, iced
tea – 60 cents at Big Lots –
is nearly three bucks.

Chenay Bay – First night

Island band’s Christmas
tunes with a reggae twist our
dinner serenade.

Reggae breakfast

We eat cereal
on the porch by the sea, while
island music plays.

Caribbean morning

Intense turquoise, the
water is a wake-up call
to swim, sun, sail, dream.

Big death, little death

Sleep gently takes you,
like the lethal injection
you cannot resist.

Packing for vacation

separating the
non-essential from the much
needed is painful.

Clean sweep

My spare bedroom holds
many possibilities
under all that junk.

Anticipation

Making travel plans,
like getting dressed for a date,
is a leap of faith.

Color of winter

White has many shades.
Shadow blue, sunlit gold, grey
of approaching storm.

Improv Olympics

They create out of
nothing whole scenes, entertain
from mere suggestions.