Does the world really need another blog? Probably not, but during the many goodbyes that we’ve said over the last few weeks, we realized that we’d like to keep in touch – and many of you said you’d like to hear about our new lives in Bermuda. In fact, several of you have suggested a blog, which I guess I never thought of. But I like the idea, so here it is: The Bermuda Onion.

Blogging is new to me, so I expect to further develop and improve the format as time passes. Please add your comments, and/or write whenever you can.

First, some Bermuda facts. Most of these are in response to the many questions that we we’ve been asked over the last few weeks.

Bermuda is NOT located in the Caribbean, but rather in the Atlantic Ocean about 600 miles east of North Carolina. It consists of several dozen islands (I think someone has counted over 180), with the largest of them linked by bridges and a causeway. It’s J-shaped, about 22 miles long and 2 miles across at the widest point. Total area is only 21 square miles. Only Monaco and Gibraltar are smaller territories.

Bermuda is a British territory, self-governing, with a Parliament similar to Britain. Britain controls defense, internal security, and foreign affairs.
Population is 67,000 -- 58% Black, 36% White, 6% Other.

OK, that’s enough of the Bermuda “factoids” for now. I’ll include more later as I think of them – or when questions arise.

It has been an exhausting month. The emotional exhaustion is from saying goodbye to family, friends and co-workers. The physical exhaustion is from packing, sorting, tossing, and moving. I told Kim that when and if we move away from Bermuda, I doubt if I’ll have the stamina to do anything more than direct the action. Or better still, I may just hire someone else to direct the action – and let me know when the move is completed.

We are currently in our Chicago condo, continuing to say our goodbyes and waiting to leave for Bermuda. Kim leaves tomorrow morning (Tuesday), and I’ll follow on Friday. We are eagerly looking forward to seeing our new home even though we probably won’t move into it until the end of September when our household goods arrive. In the meantime we’ll be staying at the Bacardi apartment located around the corner from company headquarters.

My camera’s ready for pictures, so I hope to post some soon.