Marlene checking out the guest bathroom and bedrooms

Looking towards the kitchen area from the courtyard

These few pictures of the house is for the folks who keep asking for more pictures and update on the house.This picture is of the courtyard with Marlene's room on left and mine on right looking into doorway of my bathroom

Marlene and I respond to the beeping of Bea’s car horn this morning. Bea states, “you’re seeing a dead woman walking”. Apparently she had been having diarrhea since Friday after she had eaten her left over curry chicken from the Indian restaurant on Thursday. She was...

Marlene and I decide we were going to have Jabali spade, as we cannot afford the cost of maintaining a litter if she were to become pregnant. We kept her away from food and fluids and had been told by the vet to bring her in at 1:30 pm for surgery. Jabali was put into...

Today I questioned my beliefs in a Helpful Greater Spirit and Ancestors. I found out by email that a friend’s teenage son drowned. He was a talented fifteen years old with lots to look forward to. I grieve for his parents and siblings. In my prayers and questions I...

Last night some friends from Atlanta and Chicago visiting here in San Ignacio gave me a call. We decided to meet them for dinner. I first met Oliver about ten years ago while he was doing research on the Garifuna culture. Over the years we had lost touch but due to a...

starfruit blossoms with fruit lower left

I had to take yesterday and today off from weeding .I guess I strained a muscle somewhere in the back area. My back keeps going into spasm and terrible pain, so bed rest it is for me for a couple of days. Even sitting up to write this blog is painful. Yesterday when I...