I thought I would show you the view from my desk, as this is where I sit and write. Looking outside the door at the tacoshack I see a big orange flowering tree. That is one of the things I like the most about living in the tropics, all the flowering plants and trees.Sometimes I see the boy next door riding by on a blue elephant. Often he comes riding or running in here to see what we are doing and look at t ...

This blog is a special request for Julie and the people at St Stephens Church. Juli wrote me earlier this week saying that a group of people (mostly kids) from her church St Stephen's in Minnesota just headed down to Belize Saturday morning to volunteer at Holy Cross Anglican School . She asked if I would not mind taking some pictures of their group and doing a blog so that the folks back home could seethe ...

Today was great. It all started off waking up around 8 am, which is pretty early considering the party last night. After getting up and having my iced coffee, I got busy doing some work that I was trying to finish before going to Portofino Resort at the north end of Ambergris Caye. Then all of a sudden hurricane Pedro comes blowing in. He wanted us to drop everything and go with him to take pictures. I told ...

We just walked through town and said hi to all our friends who are setting up tents for lobster fest. 2 days later..... I finally have a few minutes write, still a bit sleepy feeling from all the fun this weekend. I was trying to make it to tai chi this morning but it is just not possible as I had something I needed to finish first and so I will put plan b in action, which is meeting Beth for a frappe at Is ...

Got to meet cakelee and her family last night. At first wii was acting up so I played foozeball for a bit with the kids till their pizza turned up. Managed to get wii up and running and shuffled the teams around a bit. Since Banyan bay only had one team mate show up Beth took my place on round crazy shrimp and I pulled together team taco. We did not win but gave a good effort and everyone had loads of fun. ...

Today marks the second week of tai chi classes. I did not really feel like going when I woke up this morning, but I went anyway and I was glad for it.Zac explained that one of the major benefits of tai chi is that it is the only exercise that will actually help prevent bones from breaking in old age. The reason for this is that the movements actually heat up and temper your bones so they do not become britt ...

Yesterday we went went to Sharon's house for an afternoon pool party. It was pot luck and people made some really good food. I would have to say Jamilla's conch fritters, Beth's pasta salad with pine nuts and Burke's barracuda were among my top picks. I spent hours swimming in the pool. What a fun day.snack timeby the end of the night the table was full of yummy treatsdogs were enjoying themselvesI spent ho ...

(this all happened June 7th) I believe it is good to take information with a grain of salt, especially when living on an island. I know that often what is being said is second and third hand information and is skewed. Today my story illustrates how far something said on the coconut phone can go. It was quite funny to watch it all unravel as the day progressed. It all started as soon as I turned my computer ...

Today was second tai chi class. We spend most of our time right now doing chi gong warm ups and get to practicing the form at the end of class. Before going to class our power was out, so I decided to read one of my tai chi books. Here is a quote from John Lash's book The Yin Of Tai Chi So here we are, fishes in this great ocean that eternally flows without purpose, without reason, without goal. It is an oc ...

Paul and Cindy decided to take a pass on going out so I went off to Pedro’s for bowling and to meet Beth and the gang (forgot camera so no pics) I had a great time. We bowled a few frames and I was glad to have the practice. For some reason the further along we got the more of a curve ball I had. I talked a lot with Short and enjoyed getting to know him better. It was a fun night, and I was glad I went. ...

We are in rainy season now, and have been dealing with pesky mosquitoes that are overtaking the island. These days you are not really safe to leave your house without spraying a good dose of bug spray first. I keep hoping to find a natural alternative that works but does not feel so icky on the skin. After going to see our friends play some great live music at Road Kill bar on wed night, a few of us went on ...

One day not to long ago I was walking on the beach and a boy stopped me. He told me that he remembered me from a party where they got cards and candy. He went on to describe the valentine’s party at the school tacoboy and I volunteer at and told me how much fun he had. We walked & talked a bit and I let him know I was glad that he got to go, how we enjoy making parties, and that lots of our friends had ...