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Girl Mechanic + Fancy Nail Polish = Fail
Sometimes, nerve damage is like a superpower. Most of my left side has pretty minimal sensation, which is all kinds of awesome when you’re fighting off super villain assassination squads or, you know, if you happen to be in mild mannered alter ego mode, elbow deep in a diesel engine, trying to reach that one […]
Continue reading...Got My Gimpwalk On
20 August 2014
So, I fell the other night. It’s a thing I do. Chalk it up to nerve damage, tiredness, and the inherent klutziness that spawned my childhood nickname, “Grace”. Blame it on the dark and Mexico’s famously uneven and potholed sidewalks. Whatever. All I know is one minute, we’re all having a fine time, walking through the […]
Continue reading...Pickpocketed from Afar
4 June 2014
Late Friday afternoon of Memorial Day weekend and Mexico is melting into summer. The air is heavy with moisture and mountains of puffy white cumulus clouds dot the previously unbroken blue in the sky above. In the afternoons, clouds pile up in huge grey drifts, threatening rain and rumbling to themselves, but so far all […]
Continue reading...Angel Smiles
17 May 2014
“Hello, I remember you from last year.” It was the last night of the insane 9-day, round-the-clock fiesta that marks the celebration of La Cruz’s founding. I turned away from the stage, where adorable 5 year old girls were re-enacting hula dances from Lilo & Stitch, to see who, in this great crush of people, […]
Continue reading...The Decks Are Awash In Saltwater Tears
9 May 2014
It was a day of unusual perfection. That delicate balance of tropical heat and cool breeze, our boat laying quietly at anchor in Punta Mita and uncrowded surf just a paddle away. We were approaching the golden hour, when the sun sinks low and drenches the world in impossibly rich and vibrant color. “I […]
Continue reading...Rebel Heart–A Reality Check
7 April 2014
We love Charlotte, Eric, Cora, and Lyra. They are our friends and our lives are better for having them in it. After Lyra was born, we went with them to the Registro Civil, and acted as the necessary two witnesses who attest to the fact that a) this woman has been pregnant and b) she gave […]
Continue reading...Gotta Watch Those Lulls In Conversation
23 March 2014
I have a talent, it seems, for filling up the little spaces in conversation with all the words you never say in polite company. When Eli was a 3rd grader, his school district went all “scorched-earth” on the subject of unhealthy foods. We found out about it on Back-to-School night—you know, the night you rush […]
Continue reading...¿Dónde Están Sus Zapatos?
19 March 2014
In high school, my Spanish teacher teased me incessantly about my shoes—more specifically, the lack thereof. Every time I saw him, he’d pause with a grin on his face, shake his head a little in admonition and say, “¿Senorita Quan, dónde están sus zapatos?” It’s not that I didn’t have any shoes, it’s just that […]
Continue reading...Random La Cruz de Huanacaxtle
16 April 2013
We spent a month in Puerto Vallarta (pre-boat) a couple of years after I got hurt. I was still in a wheelchair and that’s the biggest reason we came–hoping that the much warmer climate and water might loosen up some of the scar tissue in my muscles and help get me moving again. The trip […]
Continue reading...Random Puerto Vallarta
5 April 2013
We were going to Puerto Vallarta one day, and got off the bus too early. Walked along the beach for a while and then took a shortcut up a dry riverbed to get to the streets. Really glad we didn’t miss out on all cool things we saw.
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