Gone Fishing

For real.I'm leaving the building now.Yes, I really am.Have you ever wanted to just get in the car and drive? If I get to a place with internet I'll update you on my exploits and adventures. If not, then I'll see ya when I see ya. (probably around Oct....

Photo Friday - September 16 - Divine

Good Friday processional in Livinston Guatemala, at the mouth of the Rio Dulce River. The Livingston community is a amazing mix of Garifuna (African and Arawak Indian mix), Spanish and Mayan Indian. Shot with an old Olympus Comedia. For more photos click on this li...

Illustration Friday - September 16 - Escape

"Sunset on Lake Peten", Guatemala. This is also near the location of the current Survivor Series. This peice was bought by LaLancha, which is Francis Ford Coppola's Jungle Lodge on Lake Pet...

Blotter Report

I know you're all wondering how Freaky White Granny's eviction is going, and I intend to tell you... when its finished.She's still here.Big scandal.I have a headache.------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update9:20 a.m.Crackhead boyfriend: Miss Lady you be sorry, I mek you krawl outta here.Me: Get you rass out of my store (didn't I tell someone else that this week?) Bigness picks up the machette and chases...

Hold on, the cavalry's coming

Middle daughter is moving down.Surfing surfing surfing for tickets.More lat...

Yes, I'm here on a mission

My Mom's been alluding that I'm a missionary. I guess she can't explain why I'm Living in Paradise, and gave up working for the machine.I say, yes, missionary position.My parents keep waiting for me to get over my mid-life-crisis. They want me to get real hungry and come crawling back, broke, disallusioned, defeated.I disappoint them.They don't visit, (it would "validate" what I'm doing) even when I try and blackmail them into coming down by saying...

8 More Days!

8 more days of the killer schedule, where I have to actually get up and go to work 7-11 a.m. and 4-9 p.m. Then its 4 weeks of holiday!!!!!Then I'm back at it towards the end of October with Bigness making renovations to the store before we open for high season again in Novemb...

I'm being very quiet...

... because I don't want Freaky White Granny to know I'm home.She's calling herself Hot & Spicy now, but its more like Olde Spice, with crusty edges. Hey, I don't begrudge her getting her groove on with a younger black unemployed homeless man.Bigness made me write an eviction notice and tape it to her door.In Belize, if you are not Belizean, you can just hand someone back their money and tell them to get the F off your property. No fuss, no muss,...

Photo Friday - September 9 - Massive

Shot hanging off the side of a boat while crossing Lake Atitlan, with an old Sony Mavica ...

Illustration Friday - Sept. 9 - Depth

This is an acrylic of a mermaid surfacing. I painted it last year for a friend's little gi...

Killer Schedule

I'm so tired. (yawn)I'm in coffee hell.I layed off all my workers.I'm so stupid.Let's sing that chorus one more time.I'm so tired. (yawn)I'm in coffee hell.I layed off all my workers.I'm so stupid.It doesn't rhyme, but it has a lively melody.No, you can't dance to ...

Haul Yer Aaaazzz Biotch

I don't want to turn my blog into Tales From the Evil Waitress, but this story can't stay suppressed. It must live and breathe.Nice Boyfriend comes in around 7 a.m. after a morning run on the beach and asks me for a latte for his still sleeping Snotty Girlfriend.I say, sure, double or triple?He says double, but I don't have any money on me, is it o.k. if I come back and pay later?I say, sure, I close...

Contemplating the Meaning of Life

Having my question answered by Useless Advice From Useless Men was almost as exciting as winning on E-bay, especially since no one will ship to Belize.QUESTION # 101: NEKKID WEBDear Useless Men,I have a question for you. Why does everyone pretend that they don't blog nekked when we all know we do?--LeeDear Lee,I don't know what you're talking about; while I don't have a blog of my own, getting suited up to use the internet is quite an ordeal. I imagine...

Photo Friday Challenge - Order - Sept. 2

Stacks and stacks of teensy tiny sombreros. Shot in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico with an old Olympus Comed...

We ARE the Entertainment

As I've mentioned in previous posts, Bigness and I have a house 1/2 way between Belize City and Belmopan. We have 2 neighbors right now, a bagpipe-playing retired Englishman, who is always home, thank goodness, because he also doubles as the volunteer fire department when its dry season, putting out brush fires in the neighborhood. The other neighbor is a Belizean college professor and his family...