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Pretty quiet around here lately. We’ve got our routines, which are ruled by naps, we’ve got our walks, and we’ve got our favorite restaurants and taco carts. It’s a narrow circle we move through these days. We move slowly through the heat, just like the rest of the Mexicans. The … Read More

Money Magazine just released it’s 100 Best Places to Live list. Number eleven is Woodbury, Minnesota, the city Ali and I bought our first house in. When I read this I threw up in my mouth a little bit. Best place to live? Seriously? This is the eleventh best city the … Read More

This morning we all walked over to the Mexican passport office to see if maybe we could speed things up a bit. Last week they told us they were now doing it by appointment and we couldn’t get in until the 31st. We leave for the States the next day, … Read More

Ouest and I went to take a look at the boat. Again, it’s still there. Which is nice. I wonder if people ever steal sailboats? Not just rob them, but motor out of the harbor and raise a sail never to be seen again. Seems so easy to do. Companionway … Read More

I’ve been working on being a little more giving lately. The homeless and the beggars here in Mexico have a hell of a tough life. To be honest I can’t fathom how they survive day to day. Old women, and by old I mean like ninety years, holding out a … Read More

Just a quick walk down to the park and a new restaurant today. At the park it appears the resident homeless man has moved out, and somebody came through and cleaned the whole place. No more pee smell by the swings, hooray! Later on I was talking to a local … Read More

Just hanging out today. Hit the pool for a while with my fish kids. And that’s about it. Wait, also went to get Mexican passports. Turns out you now need an appointment. Try again in two weeks. Weezy, we’re a movin’ on up. Regarding Into Thin Air, I wonder at what … Read More

Our kids are such nudists. They are the hippies that Ali and I, being Minnesotans, never got to be. Today I had some stuff to do in the morning. When I got back around noon Ouest was naked. Me: Ouest is still naked? Ali: She was dressed. Her hair was done too. … Read More

This condo we’re in comes with twice weekly maid service. We’re not much into having maids though so we tell her no thanks three times out of four. Having a maid seems to do nothing but produce more work for Ali because you can’t have the maid come with dirty … Read More

We kind of consider this our neighborhood now that we’ve been wandering it’s streets for the past couple of years. And yet every time we go out I find new things to photograph. That little house with the blue door; we were about ready to knock and see if we could buy … Read More

Ali was home alone with the kids this morning when Lowe needed to lay down. Meaning Ouest would be alone for fifteen minutes or so. Ali told her if she needed to use the bathroom to go ahead and do it. So when she came out of Lowe’s room a … Read More