Tuesday, September 20, 2005
A New Neighbor, A New Nativity, An Old Puppy and Some Real Bones
My friend's son, just moved into the house in my back garden. He is over six feet tall and over two hundred pounds. I sleep better already. We rarely talk as he doesn't talk to anyone, his mom says. He's a bartender at our Wildest Wildcat House and listens to drunks eternally, I think, which makes him nod and not speak much. Nice kid. My other two neighbors, the recovering breast cancer teacher on sabattical and her sister with the crazy Jack Russell terrier, sneaked out of their houses today,...
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Thursday, September 15, 2005
Tucson and Hereabouts and Here We Go Again
Brad Pitt is filming something named BABEL in Rocky Point, Mexico, Puerto Penasco, this week. They asked my sister to be the chubby American border patrol woman. She declined, thinking that she could take real estate business away from the young boys in her office, who are Amer. Border Patrol Agents in this film, while they are away filming. Thank God, she remarked, as the costume for the chubby woman didn't fit her replacement and the humiliation is not my sister's. They put up an extremely...
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Saturday, September 10, 2005
Watching Little Girls in the Supermarket
I have a Pollyanna attitude, that of looking for the good in everything that happens and of expecting the best outcome, when expecting something. But, I’m old and have seen too much and travelled too much to be unaware of what is going on around me and worrying some about “out of the normal” happenings. Case in point. I was grocery shopping about thirty minutes ago at my local Fry’s Supermarket. What I like about it, being in a troubled neighborhood, is that it has only one door in and out and...
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Friday, September 9, 2005
Taking a Moment to Hug my World and emptying my Storage Shed
I was going insane watching television and had to turn it off and do something. I sent a little money to the animals, as they are the least of us and need the most compassion, speechless as they are. My family sends money to the Red Cross and considers taking guests into their homes. I put on my cd player instead and just listened to slow bossa nova and gospel music all day. I was sad and needed healing music, both worked. I worked at clay and then sat outside and embraced the lovely sounds of...
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Thursday, September 8, 2005
What is the big deal about breasts? Half of us have some............
You would think that the breast was something spectacular and rare and otherworldly. This is not a nation of purdah, women hidden in separate quarters and behind veils, protected from the world. The human body is revealed in this nation to such a degree as to horrify me, upon occasion. All a dumb boob has to do is turn on Howard Stern daily and get his grins and giggles and thrills there, no special fees required. Or, whatshisname, Jerry Springer. Or, for that matter, just about every darned...
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Monday, August 29, 2005
Photo of a 45 minute Sunset, Rocky Point, Mexico
My sister sent this, saying that a fellow named Kenny from Remax took it and it was then used in their adverts. I wanna be ON THAT HORSE, now!!!!
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Saturday, August 27, 2005
blogging, audioging, and vlogging and flogging
Some family member in our huge Groups Email contingency mentioned 'blogging'. An older cousin, about 58 years old, asked, "What is blogging?!?!?" I wrote a long and huffity "insider in the know" kinda answer, all puffed up with myself, ya know? Then, my baby brother forwarded a newapaper article which said that, "audio blogging is the way of the future". And, with his particular skills, he bragged that he would do an audio blog for two sisters and their business. He was hipper than huffity me....
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Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Correction about my brother-in-law and some foolish suggestions
My sister, Mercedes, wrote an email saying, "Thank you sista for the cheerleading!! But just wanted to be clear on what Sergio won!! It is called the National Medal of Merit for AMPI (the real estate association for all of Mexico, like the NAR in the USA). It is even BETTER THAN the realtor of the year, because this is for your lifetime of work in the real estate industry!! And he has been doing Real Estate since 1995, I think!! The celebration is in Tabasco in October! " So, I stand corrected...
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and the Heavenly
My sister, Mercedes sold a retail store site in Rocky Point after only two weeks there. Fluffy the Love Bird was killed and a daycare center mourns. (See my Abuelita's Animals Blog) My brother-in-law, Sergio Duenas Jimenez, did win the title of Realtor of the Year 2005 in all of Mexico! I desperately need a tanning booth and I live in Sunny Arizona. People lately have been asking me if I am ill. I haven't been in the sun in over eight years and I beginning to look like Mrs. Munster. And,...
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Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Buy Real Estate in Puerto Penasco, Mexico = Rocky Point
My sister made me write that!! She is now living there and is selling condos and houses and land and lots through the Remax office there. Visit http://www.ollininc.com or write to ollininc@yahoo.com to check out my story. Google Puerto Penasco. It is being called the New Cancun. Just a few years ago it was a tiny fishing village like Ixtapa and Zihuatanejo and now Sandy Beach is full of resorts and hotels and secure communities. The college kids used to all camp on Sandy Beach and drive their...
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