I’ve been working on being a little more giving lately. The homeless and the beggars here in Mexico have a hell of a tough life. To be honest I can’t fathom how they survive day to day. Old women, and by old I mean like ninety years, holding out a … Read More

Just a quick walk down to the park and a new restaurant today. At the park it appears the resident homeless man has moved out, and somebody came through and cleaned the whole place. No more pee smell by the swings, hooray! Later on I was talking to a local … Read More

Just hanging out today. Hit the pool for a while with my fish kids. And that’s about it. Wait, also went to get Mexican passports. Turns out you now need an appointment. Try again in two weeks. Weezy, we’re a movin’ on up. Regarding Into Thin Air, I wonder at what … Read More

Our kids are such nudists. They are the hippies that Ali and I, being Minnesotans, never got to be. Today I had some stuff to do in the morning. When I got back around noon Ouest was naked. Me: Ouest is still naked? Ali: She was dressed. Her hair was done too. … Read More

This condo we’re in comes with twice weekly maid service. We’re not much into having maids though so we tell her no thanks three times out of four. Having a maid seems to do nothing but produce more work for Ali because you can’t have the maid come with dirty … Read More

We kind of consider this our neighborhood now that we’ve been wandering it’s streets for the past couple of years. And yet every time we go out I find new things to photograph. That little house with the blue door; we were about ready to knock and see if we could buy … Read More

Ali was home alone with the kids this morning when Lowe needed to lay down. Meaning Ouest would be alone for fifteen minutes or so. Ali told her if she needed to use the bathroom to go ahead and do it. So when she came out of Lowe’s room a … Read More

Ouest is moving on from merely swimming to attempting to swim underwater. She’s awesome. I love taking her in the pool and just letting her go nuts. She does crazy dives, swims from one end to the other, and now ducks her head under and takes a couple of paddles. … Read More

Ouest usually wakes up around 7:30 in the morning. By that time Lowe has been up anywhere from one to two hours. When she wakes she announces it by yelling out, “Papa!” That’s my cue to head on in and let her know it’s okay to get up. If she … Read More