Math is HARD
No, not really. Math is not hard, but sometimes one ASSumes certain things without checking. That can get one into trouble. The “one” is me. The assumption had to do with the size baking pan needed for a new gluten-free, sourdough recipe. Since my first couple of posts about sourdough, there have been MANY experiments. (Those of you who know me are not surprised!) The short story is that I’ve changed my starter over to 100% brown rice flour. I’ve…
We call her Dolores
In Spanish, dolores means “pains”. When we moved into our current rental home, there was an active house finch nest in the sconce on one of our balconies. Every time we opened the door, the chicks would freak out, the parents would avoid coming to the nest. It was a pain! We didn’t want to have the chicks die, but we wanted to use our balcony. We waited until the chicks fledged and we took the nest out of the…
It is all in the delivery…
What AM I, anyway? Am I an immigrant to Mexico? No… I am not here seeking citizenship. But ?yes?… I am planning on living here, probably permanently. Or am I a migrant? No… migrant usually refers to someone working, often temporarily, in a country other than their own. I am not, nor do I plan to, work in Mexico. Am I an expatriate? That is what my blog title says. So, kinda yes, although expat frequently refers to highly skilled…
Trash Tony
Earlier this week, you met Tony and many other critters that have become part of our lives in Mexico. Tony is exceedingly camera shy, so the introduction photo was notoriously bad. Today, Tony visited again – LOUDLY. And I had the opportunity to get much closer and take a better (although still not a great) photo. Tony did not make the transition from our tile roof to the pergola as “gracefully” as usual. This time Tony slid off the tiles,…
“Can we use your meter for a minute?”
This is the question from a group of workers this morning. They were here to fix the electric gate for our neighborhood. It has been broken for a couple of weeks. One of the residents of the neighborhood clipped it with his trailer and torqued it beyond usability. We’ve been waiting for the planets to align so that it would get fixed. Today seems to be the day. They have a portable welding rig, but, apparently, had no power for…
COVID crazy
Am *I* the crazy one? I find myself asking this question over and over and over. We’ve been living under the spectre of COVID-19 for nearly a YEAR! There has been a LOT of information published that says: COVID-19 is a disease of the respiratory tract I guess a lot of people don’t realize what parts of the body are associated with the respiratory tract. My two favorite ways that this has been (satirically) presented to the public are Study…