Daily Life Donna would go down to the lakeside to do laundry with the local ladies. To get the water out, they would slap the clothes against the large boulders on the shore. large boulders that were around some parts of the lake’s shoreline. She was surprised one day when she noticed some of the…
Month: March 2022
“Wonders of the mind”
29, March 2022 Donna and I had checked into the room at the old victorian house that was a hotel. We picked this place because it was close to the station where we had arrived. The clerk told us to check out the view from the top, so we walked up the stairs up the…
(11) All the Colors of the Rainbow
The Bus We had a destination, Lago Atitlan and the town of Panajachel. The busses in Guatemala are a step down from the busses in Mexico which were already a large step down from “the Dog”, also known as Greyhound busses in the US. If you ever wondered where all the old busses go to…
The Spirits are Angry!
After doing some chores around the house, I walked over to the garden Fred and Lea left us to care for and harvest vegetables from. I heard a commotion of people at the top of the little hill and the rice field road. There was white string crossing here and there. Normally, we’ve seen that…
(10) Zipolite, “the Beach of Death”
Landing Money was always an issue since we were on very limited funds. We had managed to keep a little back for travel but needed to stay as frugally as we could. Being new to traveling, our lack of experience meant the money was disappearing more rapidly than we had hoped. We had heard there…
(9) Mysteries in Oaxaca
Mysteries We found Oaxaca to be a nice town. Warm and friendly with musicians playing marimbas, big bass guitars, singing, and ornate churches, It was really like something out of a movie. We quickly found a place to stay with a nice lady in a house with a lovely courtyard full of flowers and a…
(8) Veracruz
Stumbling into… When we arrived in Veracruz, the town was bustling with excitement and it was difficult to find a room. Going from one place to the next, working our way down the list until we finally scored! The place we did find was nice, several floors high with an open center top to bottom…
America is a Gun
*************************************** ©2019 Brian Bilston England is a cup of tea France, a wheel of ripened brie Greece, a short, squat olive tree America is a gun Brazil is football on the sand Argentina, Maradona’s hand Germany, an oom pah band America is a gun Holland is a wooden shoe Hungary, a goulash stew Australia,…
The Answer to the Question
********************************* We’re all just floating through time and space Temporary members Of this human race We’re all part of the stardust That fell upon the earth Trying to learn the lessons We’re all given from our birth Show a little kindness Care for one another That person next to you Is a sister or a…