
And naturally, that means that I am experiencing a world unlike any I’ve seen before.
This two-week engagement will include presentations at 26 schools, a library talk, a teen writing workshop, a teacher workshop, two radio interviews, and the filming of a PBS public service announcement to encourage reading. Plus snorkeling and, time permitting, learning how to husk a coconut.
However, my hosts scheduled no presentations for my first full day; instead, they toured me around the island from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. That was a long day and the island is relatively small (30 miles long, 12 miles wide at its widest), but there were still areas I was left wanting to see.
Here are highlights of what I have seen/done so far:


I love the Guam slogan “Where America’s Day Begins.”
I also love their confidence in believing I will make a difference.

who tied their hair together and jumped from a cliff
rather than be forced apart by the societal rules of the time.

You can even enter some—no admission fee, no safety barricade,
no accompanying gift shop. Also no light and no guarantee that
you won’t encounter something creepy-crawly.

on the island (which was heavily bombed during WWII).

the Spanish occupied Guam. Remnants of a lavish palace complex
still stand, though much of it is in disrepair.

People would go there for the equivalent of afternoon tea.
Today, it is home to a homeless person, whose shopping carts
and sleeping bag were strategically not visible to take this photo.

(whose meaning I don’t know), plus a fallout shelter sign.

Japanese artifacts within two weeks of going public with my pitch
for my nonfiction picture book involving a WWII Japanese pilot.

so luckily for whoever was listening, I didn’t talk the whole time).

on Guam during or shortly after the war.

(under care of humans). This one, his owner, and I became fast friends.
More scenery:








2 comments:
Great shots and comments. Not only did you void the shopping carts in the pix, there is nary a sign of a snail!
Enjoy a remarkable opportunity.
Wow, I never knew Guam was so gorgeous. How cool you'll be there for two weeks, what an adventure!
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