Searching for Blue Mind from Blue Water
Beyond My Home in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
On A Virgin Voyages Cruise Ship
Day 41: Delos Island, Greece, Near Mykonos, July 5
The Aegean Sea, Part of the
Mediterranean
Day 42 of 100 Blue: Another
View of the Aegean Sea
That's Me after the Climb Up to Kritinia Castle, Rhodes!
Day 43 of 100 Blue Water Photos: July 7, 2025
From the Santorini, Greece Cable Car—That’s
the True Blue!
Day 44 of Blue Water: Leaving Crete, Greece
Marveling at the Blue of the Mediterranean
Day 45 of the #100daysofblue Challenge: Blue Water
View from My Favorite Women's Public Restroom on the Ship
Day 46 of Blue: Docked in Piraeus, Greece, July 10, 2025
Breakfast at the Wake Restaurant Before Disembarking
Day 47 of Blue: Fountain in Athens, Greece, July 11
From the Top of the Red Hop-On-Hop-Off Bus
Day 48 of 100 Blue: Peaceful Memories Video
Mediterranean Cruising on the Resilient Lady
Day 49 of Blue Water: South Miami Beach
A Two-Day Stop in Florida on the Way to Mexico
Day 50 of 100: Blue Water of Going Home to Mexico
Flying Over the Gulf of Mexico from Miami to Mexico City!
If
you would like to view the first forty days of Blue Water photos, including many
memories of past adventures with Jon, here are the links:
Part
1: Days 1 through 10 of Blue 馃挦 100 Days of Blue Begins: Where I Find My Blue
Mind. Memories of Happy Times with Jon.
Part
2: 饾煭饾煬饾煬 饾棗饾棶饾槅饾榾
饾椉饾棾
饾棔饾椆饾槀饾棽:
饾棯饾椀饾棽饾椏饾棽
饾棞
饾棛饾椂饾椈饾棻
饾棤饾槅
饾棔饾椆饾槀饾棽
饾棤饾椂饾椈饾棻
馃寠馃寠 (Days 11 to 20) More Happy
Memories with Jon
Part 3: Days 21 through 30 馃挦馃挦馃挦 饾煆饾煄饾煄饾悆饾悮饾惒饾惉饾惃饾悷饾悂饾惀饾惍饾悶馃挦馃挦馃挦 Happy Memories with
Jon Continue
Part 4: Days 31 through 40 馃寠 New Memories of Traveling Alone: Puerto
Vallarta to Athens to Turkey
Blue
Mind is the mildly meditative state people fall into when they are near, in,
under, or on water. It is peace. It is the feeling of calmness and relaxation
that comes from being in or near the water, and it has a positive impact on our
mental health.
100
Days of Blue is a campaign inspired by marine biologist Dr. Wallace J. Nichols,
encouraging people to spend time near, in, on, or under water for its positive
impact on well-being. To carry on his legacy, many people are posting one blue
water photo or video a day for 100 days, often with the hashtag #100daysofblue.
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Some
friends and readers have asked why I’m traveling alone now. Where is Jon? We
have always done everything together, it seems.
But
not always. Fifteen years ago, Jon and I separated during a manic time. Jon was
diagnosed with bipolar type II disorder soon afterward, and treatment was
successful. It was painful, but we were able to revive our relationship.
As
part of my healing, I wrote a book called Just Another Manic Moment: A Novel, about the
challenges of living with a person who has bipolar disorder. It’s d茅j脿 vu for
me. I’ve lived it once, and now Jon’s mania has returned. He has moved to a
small town and started a new life. Yes, I worry about a 75-year-old man with
Parkinson’s disease and bipolar disorder living alone in a motorhome far from healthcare facilities. Still, he’s
happy building and repairing things, and doing his own traveling for now. I am learning to let him go and
focus on self-care.
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