Caye Caulker, Around the Village

Little girls swimming at the Split. Who needs expensive plastic toys when you can play with a floating log?Where Jolly Roger's used to beWatersportsBeached canoes under the mangrovesSunset swimmers at the SplitA street scene with Mr. Kim Beached canoes at sunsetDon't drop Momma Christmas decorations hanging in the Banyon Tree at Sea Dreams, Caye Caulker Enjoy the trac...

Rebelution

I do declare, the recession is over. I felt it slipping away last year, and definitely this year is better than last. That is, if you use what is happening on Caye Caulker as an economic indicator. For certain areas in the U.S. the recession will never be over, because those areas and industries have always been in trouble. Its over because I say its over. But even so, many of my white middle class friends are still mad that Obama won the election....

Constant is the Rain

As much as I love the Sergio Mendez and Brazil 66 version of Chove Chuva, Miriam Makeba's cover of it in 1966 gives me chills. I wish I could sing in Portugese, or Spanish, or French... its only English for me as my Spanish from 2 years in Mexico is fading like a dream. Its the end of hurricane season, supposedly, but a cold front moved in pushing down from America, and seeing as I bought new teacups in Mexico yesterday, I'll just enjoy...

The Importance of Being Called Miss Lee

Its been so long since I've written anything more than 50 words, I'm not sure I know how to string 3 sentences together, so let's start with the music first."Looking to the seaCrowds of people wait for meSeagulls scavenge, steal ice creamWorries vanish, within my dreamLeft my soul there, down by the seaLost control to living freeLeft my soul there, down by the seaLost control to living freeFishin...

Guatemala September 2012

Not feeling much like writing these days. I'm doing the facebook thing which satisfies me in 50 words or less from time to time. I just thought I would share photos from a trip to Guatemala in September 2012.Night time view from the park.A view thru a hole in the wallThe buildings are straight, its the streets that are crookedA new vine on an old wallThis church reminds me of a wedding cakeThis plant...