Brown rice for Angel Notion
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 Posted in Daily Life | No Comments »I did find brown rice in bulk at DAC (the local vegetable market) and decided to cook it at home on my stove which works well. I washed the rice in a bowl, letting the chaff rinse off, then toasted ...
Dia de los Muertos
Sunday, October 26th, 2008 Posted in Daily Life, Fiestas | No Comments »Thursday afternoon I went to the local vegetable market (DAC) to get brown rice and veggies that I was going to cook Friday at the Diabetes Clinic. I was successful finding all I needed and on the way out I ...
Rain, rain, rain and yoga
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 Posted in Daily Life | No Comments »I am learning to be careful what I pray for. After months of extreme heat, I wished and hoped and prayed for rain, and now it has arrived, days and weeks of it. Yesterday in a bit of decided devotion, I ...
Noni fruit
Monday, October 20th, 2008 Posted in Daily Life | No Comments »I was introduced to Noni fruit in the garden at Angel Notion where the Diabetes Clinic takes place. Christina, who helps me in the kitchen, is the gardener. She picked a couple of these wonders for me, saying they were ...
Catrina Paintings
Sunday, October 19th, 2008 Posted in Art | No Comments »November 1 and 2 is the celebration of the Day of the Dead here in Mexico. I lost my father this summer and will take this opportunity to honor his life, his wisdom, and his influence on me. The holiday ...
Bird Sanctuary visit
Sunday, October 19th, 2008 Posted in Daily Life | No Comments »While Jim watched football games and horse races this afternoon at Caliente, near the ferry dock in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, I went to the bird sanctuary, Xaman Ha, in Playacar. It has been raining pretty hard for days so ...
Foot Exfoliation in Cenote
Saturday, October 18th, 2008 Posted in Daily Life | No Comments »Last week we spent an afternoon at a local cenote. I remembered, at a previous visit, watching a very pregnant young woman resting on a shelf of white limestone barely submerged in the cool water. So, since I was nursing ...
Making Nopale Salad
Saturday, October 18th, 2008 Posted in Daily Life | No Comments »I decided to make Nopale Salad (Cactus) for the Diabetes Clinic last Friday. The grocery store where I shop had no nopales, so I stopped at DAC, the vegetable market on Ave. 30. I didn't see the large cactus leaves ...
Scorpion in the living room
Saturday, October 18th, 2008 Posted in Daily Life | No Comments »This morning Jim was laying on the living room floor with his dog. This is not unusual behavior. We have had much rain lately and Freddie, the dog, comes home from every walk with ticks between his toes, so Jim ...
New Landscape paintings
Sunday, October 5th, 2008 Posted in Art | No Comments »During August and September I painted landscapes. These were new for me, but my confidence has grown. The images were painted from photos taken on visits to towns in the Yucatan: Progresso (north of Merida), Holbox, and Chetumal. I am ...