WRITTEN by JOHN MORRIS When many of us took driving school in our teenage years, we were taught the functions of the much cherished automobile, such as brakes, accelerator, horn, gear shifter, wipers act. This also includes the 4 way flasher function, officially known as Hazard Lights, which were to be used only in an emergency, in the event of a breakdown on the road, like a flat tire or worse, such...
WRITTEN by JOHN MORRIS Should I or shouldn’t I? Should I stay or should I go now? Should I stay or should I go now? If I go, there will be trouble And if I stay it will be double So come on and let me know The Clash. Combat Rock. CBS Records, 1982 Anyone considering the expat life has faced these feelings. If I leave, my family may never forgive me. If I stay, I might be...
Written by John Morris Photographs courtesy of James "DOC" Radawski Shipwreck Discoveries Could Change History Books There are many shipwrecks in Roatan for diving, most intentionally sunk and strategically placed for accessibility and minimal disturbance to the world's second largest barrier reef as well as additional reef creation. Yet with the island's pirate and colonial conflict past, the...
WRITTEN by JOHN MORRIS Can anyone recommend a good realtor on Roatan? In the movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the Grail Knight says to Indiana, “You must choose… but choose wisely, for while the true Grail will bring you life, the false Grail will take it from you.” The Holy Grail is said to be the cup that Jesus Christ drank from and, according to legend, it provides eternal...
WRITTEN by JOHN MORRIS In the first verse of the song Toes by Zac Brown Band, you are invited to join them in a very familiar fantasy for many of us: Well, the plane touched down just about three o'clockAnd the city's still on my mindBikinis and palm trees danced in my headI was still in the baggage lineConcrete and cars are their own prison barsLike this life I'm living inBut the plane brought me...
Let it be your virtual REALTY… “New Normal” is the buzz word these days and I dislike it. I miss the old normal… but hey, it is what it is. The pandemic brought the world to a standstill, forcing people, businesses, and organizations to return to basics… and to reinvent how we run our day to day lives. “Virtual” has many definitions depending on its contextual usage, but...
Roatan can make it a reality! ‘You can't teach an old dog new tricks’ is a common phrase that means it is challenging to teach a person something new, usually because that person has been doing things a certain way for so long that they're too stubborn to learn how to do it differently. –KnowYourPhrase.com There are countless reasons to relocate… New job, new relationship,...
Signs from the Universe If you’re old enough, you may remember the TV show “Here Come the Brides” that aired from 1967 to 1970. You also might recall the theme song “Seattle,” which was written by Perry Como but performed by ‘the then’ dreamboat Bobby Sherman for the show. The bluest skies you've ever seen in Seattle And the hills the greenest green in Seattle Like a...
Surviving the strangeness of 2020 on Roatan A Google search for the phrase in my headline finds this definition: “…Weathering the storm means to survive hardships and come out alive, with minimal physical or emotional pain, on the other side. The literal version of this phrase refers to ships safely navigating poor weather.” The year 2020 has been stormy for the whole world… both...
Put one foot in front of the other and soon you'll be walking out the door… Written by John Morris …You're sick of hangin' around and you'd like to travel Get tired of travelin', you want to settle down I guess they can't revoke your soul for tryin' Get out of the door and light out and look all around Sometimes the light's all shinin' on me Other times, I can barely...