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Oncidium carthanegense

Usually I’m pretty sanguine about time, I think I’ve found my true home here where everyone else plays as fast and loose with time as I do.  I love being on time to things, I was always late NOB.  Here, I show up when I get there and [...]

Some pictures from the 4th of July

someone I don't know, Uncle Sam and Mitch Keenan

Just to show that I did do some socializing as well as pondering on the 4th, here are some pics from the day.  We volunteered for a while taking tickets at the US Consul’s 4th of July BBQ.  I haven’t gone for a couple [...]

Oh Oprah!

Please give me a home!

I never watched Oprah until I retired, in fact it was a shock to me that Mimi watched her every day. Since then, I’ve seen quite a few of her shows but I wasn’t a fanatic. I mean, Mimi calls her Boofa – who has a pet name [...]

the dets

I don’t know much more but thought I’d fill in what we do know about the burglary. Everyone is asking if the guy lives in the window we suspected. We just don’t know. All they would give us was his name and age, he is 26 years old. His name seems Mexican to me, [...]

Good News!

President Barak Obama announces the death of Osama Bin Laden

I was ready for some good news and tonight I turned on the news and there it was. I had thought I’d disconnected myself from any American patriotism, I just don’t care much any more. But, this announcement brought my patriotism to the [...]

he returned

I was having dinner with friends in Akumal when I got a shaky call from Mimi. Do you still have the direct line for the police?, she asked. Call them, they are not coming quickly enough and he is upstairs breaking the door open right now. Then she said the police had arrived and [...]

Move along, nothing to see here

So, pretty much I’m over the anger and the trauma.  I went back on the roof this afternoon and watered the plants, Mimi has kept everything alive while I was sulking.  We went out to the beach this evening to have dinner with friends and although we were both a little nervous, all was [...]