Month: February 2015
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A Tableau of Tables, not Faces
This is my birthday, broken down into portraits of the different tables Adan and I sat at. I didn’t get a snapshot of our breakfast, which was papa con chorizo, but trust me, it was amazing. I’ve never really been one to take pictures of my food. There’s nothing wrong with it and one of…
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What Abe Lincoln really said (or, at least in my head this is how it goes) and an unrelated thought that follows
He once is credited as saying: you can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time. I think what he actually meant to say was: you can please most of the people some of the time, and…
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A Galentine’s Day Breakfast
Please don’t ask me what the subject makes reference to, as it will be undeniable evidence of the fact that you don’t watch Parks and Rec and that would sadden me (on your behalf). There was a ladies’ breakfast this morning here at church as a Valentine’s Day celebration. So despite the fact that I…
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Things I have picked up in the thirtieth year of life on Planet Earth, Country of Mexico as a Newly Married, Long Time Asian Church Secretary with No Pets and No Children
I will be turning 31 in two week’s time. 31 to me sounds like a woman who is self-possessed, mature, purposeful and yet not stressed by the small things, accomplished or on-the-road-to-accomplished in her career, who owns at least a handful of suits, or, at the very least, clothing that has to be dry cleaned.…
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Only in Mexico… pt 2
See all these people are standing around? The attraction drawing the crowds in is squirrels. YES. The entire time we were at the park, there were throngs of people at this spot, eagerly waiting for the squirrels to come down and eat nuts out of their hands. That, they did. It must be Thanksgiving plus…
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Matt Paxton, the Mexican Revolutionary hero that you’ve probably never heard of
Today is Matt’s birthday! Yay! Happy Birthday, Matt. It is also a national holiday here in Mexico. Bet you didn’t know that on your birthday banks close and flags fly at half mast here in Mexico. That is how important and recognized you are here. (Actually, the bit about the flag I made up) For…