Category: Blog

  • Chicken Satay

    Satays are the other popular barbecue food in the e-zines, and I’ve just been waiting the right moment to try out a couple of recipes that I came across for…

  • Progress

    You can always tell when an election is approaching! This week our village was humming with heavy machinery, and our “street”, which is the backmost street in the village and…

  • R2D2 Beats Stroke

    This past week we had a bit of a scare when R2D2 had lots of trouble getting down from the lemon tree and we discovered that his bottom half was…

  • Flowers from Heaven

    There is a vine that grows here that loops and curls quietly and unobtrusively through the treetops throughout the year until, suddenly, just after the first rain, it reaches down…

  • Bryan Visiting

    Bryan and his friend Tom arrived from Canada for a visit before plunging into the next phase of their lives. They are staying at Gringo Perdido, but came over today…

  • Donut Muffins

    I have tried to make donuts since I have lived here. I had phoned Mom for her recipe and any tips she could give me, since I’ve never perfected the…