The rat girl died long before I found her in the center shed, where I keep the bee supers, extra kitchen stuff, and fishing poles. Oh, and canning jars and camping and diving equipment. Also, the French dishes and my boogie board from 1976 that I still use.
Last...
They say leading by example is one of the most important ways to teach your child about money management. So I've already put my kids behind the curve, I guess.
Managing money is not my strong suit, probably because a) I don't like math, b) I'm a teacher, and...
Many times in present-day life, some of the most seemingly insignificant things are metaphors for the experience you're presently having. They're hiding in plain sight.
There's a popular movie that was made in the 1980s called "The Blues Brothers." It was a comedy loaded with very talented people. While...
It would be easy, as I once did, to mistake Vallarta's International Friendship Club (IFC) for a social group, given its happy hours, High Tea, meet & greet events at various venues, and its dine-around at interesting Vallarta restaurants.
One might also easily think of the IFC as an...
To all of the people braving the airport in Puerto Vallarta this holiday season, I salute you. We can salute each other, actually, because I’m spending a bit of time there myself during December and January with family coming and going.
It’s not easy navigating inside or outside this...
Dear Members and Friends of the Garden,
With high hopes and enthusiasm we at the Vallarta Botanical Garden begin this year with big wishes and excitement for the year ahead, and hope we will be seeing you soon.
Last year was not without some extreme challenges such as Category 4 Hurricane...
This will be my last column of 2023. Imagine, another year has run its course. It feels like we were welcoming it in only a few months ago.
There was a wonderful performer named Louis Armstrong. He was an amazing trumpet player. He could hit notes that were so high...
Many of us took time over the last month with friends and family, some away from Vallarta, some here. Much to celebrate. Being alive. Being with people. Beauty. There were concerts, movies, parties, dinners, worship, practices, etc.
Some of us relished the quiet.
In this new year, in this...
Today, the prevailing morning light is grey and gold, and the rain has softened the ground enough to plant the four fruit trees I bought because they were at TSC on sale for almost nothing and because I didn't have enough to do already, I was so excited!
Three...
