Hell’s Half Acre

Musings from the Caribbean

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Entries from February 2008

Norte numero 32

February 28th, 2008 · 3 Comments

It is absolutely FREEZING here today and yesterday. We’re starting to scrounge for socks and shoes but Jamie cavorts around in shorts and short sleeved shirts while the rest of us are robbing the birds for their feathers and stuffing the down into our sweatshirts for extra warmth.
We headed to Tulum last Sunday and [...]

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It’s a good thing we live in Mexican time

February 20th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Some time ago (don’t remember, but more than a week, could be two) I ordered a part from the brand new Ford dealership in town. I put 1/2 down (140 pesos) for a new car door lock. They expected it in 10 days and were going to call me when it got in. [...]

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Tags: Mexico

Cans of fire

February 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I think I might have to experiment with posting every other day or something more frequently, because once you stop for a while it is SO HARD to start again. I’m overwhelmed with minutiae and boredom at the same time.

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Tags: Mexico

Much ado about the little buggers

February 8th, 2008 · 3 Comments

A quickie update while I still have my brain. We’ve been keeping VERY busy ridding the trailer of pests. We have moved out for sleeping, into the recamera and have been cleaning every square inch, emptying the entire contents and bombing. Interspersed with looking high and low for boric acid and/or diatomaceous [...]

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Lazing about with nothing to show for it but this lousy post

February 1st, 2008 · 3 Comments

You are SO lucky! I have been surfing the internet All Day Long but have been rendered impotent from posting anything until this moment. However, benevolent being that I am, concerned for your lack of (albeit boring) reading material, once un-imprisoned, I RUSH to update this forgotten wasteland. Thank you, thank you [...]

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Tags: Family · Mexico · palapa