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Getting Ready for Summer

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Tuesday dawned astonishingly warm and humid. A sudden change from the weather we have been having. We hit 80 degrees in the house. Finally, blissful warmth. We drank in the warm breezes – the first hint of the Summer yet to come. When Wednesday came and was even warmer than Tuesday, we realized this wasn't a tease – Summer really is coming. I performed the season's first Ritual of the Space Bag.

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Everything Rusts

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We knew we were moving to a totally different climate with a new set of rules. We also knew that we were going to be living open air with no air conditioning. With this knowledge, we tried to make considered decisions about what to bring with us and what to leave behind. We almost succeeded.

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Drip, Drip, Drip

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I had no idea how to hang out laundry. I have always had a dryer. When I first saw the clothesline, I thought “How quaint. Won't it be great to have our clothes dried in the fresh outdoor air?” That was day 1.

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M! This Month

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    At first, I thought, “Ho-hum, just another chicken place.”

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    From the outside, the stores look like a jumble of stuff: garbage cans and laundry hampers, wooden rolling pins and planters, molcajetes and margarita glasses, flowered clay piggy...

  • Bgotcha's Got It Going On

    Playing an innovative mix of blues and jazz, Bgotcha took the Mazatlán music scene by storm this season. The band members (Mexico City bassist Daniel Sanchez, Northern California...

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    ALMOST everyone knows that Canadians do not live in igloos and don’t get to work, school or go shopping by dog sled or horse and buggy; television, social...


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