Hell’s Half Acre

My mother emailed me for an update (sniff sniff); apparently she is the ONLY ONE who even CARES that I could be DYING of some liverbadthingorsomething (I only use the most technical of terms here) and was waiting with baited breath to find out when she should start wearing black, cause I’m so sick [...]

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I see various references to heat-wave conditions north of the border and I confess that I simply can’t relate. Back in March, hell yeah. Back in April, May, June, oh yes. February was comfortable, but by March we were quite hot. Since we’ve moved to the highlands, we’re experiencing fall. [...]

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Well, I HAD typhoid, but that is on the wane. I was already recovering from it by the time I had my blood work. Now I have abnormal (low) white blood cell count (should be high due to infection), low leucocyctes and bilirubin in my urine. So, it is no wonder [...]

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Ever since Tepic, I’ve been sick. In Guanajuato, I started taking Flagyl, thinking my magical garlic (which has cured any number of woes, from parasites to blood infections) had let me down. I spent 8 days on Flagyl with absolutely no relief. Today, I found the Centro de Salud in Zacatecas (no [...]

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I drove into Zacatecas (or rather, around Zacatecas, as driving through the middle would have brought us a large fine) fully expecting to fall in love. I felt somewhat guilty, betraying my beloved Guanajuato, but all I’d read prepared me to fall head over heels. We rolled up and up and up [...]

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It occurs to me that I have become quite used to the “norm” of life here. I called UPS yesterday afternoon to check on our missing brake controller; I was actually surprised to find it had left customs after checking the UPS website. I was told that everything was in order; that [...]

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Deb, if you’re still reading, I lost your email addy with the computer Ellen fried; if you guys aren’t going to the California Homeschool conference, would you be interested in meeting up with us here? The Live and Learn Unschooling Conference.
And anyone else who is interested, we’d LOVE to see you there! September [...]

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When I was writing the title, I was trying to think of the most ridiculous combination of limón and something, and I honestly came up empty.  Not ice-cream, yogurt, soup, beans, salad, rice, meat, tortillas (fresh tortillas with a squeeze of limón, oh YEAS!), we get the mayonaise that already has limón in it and [...]

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I had the very simple task today of depositing money in the Mexican bank account of someone who lives in this box (well, not really) and making a call to an RV store in Monterrey. Doesn’t sound like brain surgery, does it? On the way to town, I heard a loud hissing from [...]

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It is rare that I look at my statcounter, but this morning was an amazing display.  This is a breakdown of today’s visitors (and it is 9am here in central Mexico).  What a diverse group!  For the person looking for Word Press word wrap for pictures, try tantanoodles plug-in.

Num
Perc.
Country Name

51
52.04%
Australia

35
35.71%
United States

6
6.12%
Canada

1
1.02%
Mexico

1
1.02%
United Kingdom

1
1.02%
Argentina

1
1.02%
Netherlands

1
1.02%
Norway

1
1.02%
India

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