Poverty is not an easy subject to write about. The average salary in Medellin is about $1,200 per month. There are many who make less. Colombians work hard. Food, transport, and rents are cheaper than in the US. It’s a growing economy very dependent on agriculture and oil. They are 38th in the world in […]
Ways to Make A Living July 22,2022 Read More »
I’ve never lived in a tower block. My thinking about them has been governed by watching the movie Rear Window with Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly when I was twelve and the blocks of flats built along Scotswood Road in Newcastle in the sixties after the city council had cleared the back-to-back terracing of 19th
REAR WINDOW July 7, 2022 Read More »
We’ve been in Colombia for exactly two weeks and it has been a revelation. Preconceptions have been swept away like old cobwebs. It reminded me of the first time I came to the US and my camera and lenses were stolen from the back of my chair in a bar in the LA airport while
When the Fat Lady Sings June 17,2022 Read More »
The American Airline 737 touched down like a feather on the runway at Medellin International airport. Both Marney and I were in aisle seats and our companions in the window seats pulled down the window shades immediately after take -off so deprived us of any opportunity to catch a glance of Cuba or Jamaica as
HOW GOOD IS YOUR MATH? June 17, 2022 Read More »
Unfortunately, no sooner had we settled into our room in the Seaside Chateau and connected to the internet than I learned the sad news of the death of my step mother, Daphne. It was distressing. Then, when I tried to get in touch with my stepsister, Cathy, our communication problems multiplied. With clouds lowering and
O’ MY AMERICA MY NEW FOUND LAND June 14, 2022 Read More »
We had a plan. We were going to Medellin (pronounced Medejean, like medi with jean ) in Columbia. Ha! Wrong. Not the destination but the “going”. The Gods had other plans. We were the flies to wanton boys. Oh… and American Airlines (which had another whole series of different plans) had little to do with
“As flies to Wanton Boys” King Lear. June 12, 2022 Read More »
O,I have ta’en Too little care of this! Take physic, pomp; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them, And show the heavens more just. King Lear, Shakespeare San Pedro is built on Ambergis Caye, named ironically after sperm whale shit, once important in fixing perfumes. There
Shaking the Superflux June 12, 2022 Read More »
Now that we had dipped our toes in the Belizean blue waters and reinforced our confidence, a second visit to San Pedro was planned. This time we would explore a bit further and taste the local food. JR’s (our driver) brother, with a less beat up taxi, accompanied by his girlfriend, ferried us around. Marney
Cemetery Club May 31, 2022 Read More »
When you are “on the run” so to speak, relaxing is not an alternative. Action is required. Food has to be brought home which meant JR’s taxi was enlisted and we were off to the town of San Pedro. It’s tiny with little narrow streets and it’s busy, very busy, as busy as Phoenix. I
San Pedro May 30, 2022 Read More »
Belief is wonderful. Hope even better. We would escape from the frenzy of Phoenix and its summer heat, to the gentle swaying of coconut trees, the lapping of waves on the shore and the call of the sea gulls floating on the warm summer breezes of the tropics. Mmmmmm . A few problems to sort
Getting to know you May 27, 2022 Read More »