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		<title>Rites of Passage</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Sep 2013 03:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It seems that different cultures have different ways of measuring the passing of childhood.  In most cases, at least in literature, the passage of a boy into manhood seems to be the rite that is the most dramatic.  There are all kinds of tales of the hardships and triumphs of young boys passing into that [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Birthday Party with a View</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Saturday afternoon we went to a birthday party in Teakettle.  We parked the van at the bottom of the hill and got out to make the trip up to the house.  I looked at the path before me and decided that just because a path is well worn doesn&#8217;t mean that it is easier!  At [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Saturday Sortie</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 03:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Saturday mornings are full of the hustle and bustle of weekend activity.  As we drive along the highway, headed for San Ignacio, there are people everywhere.  In Unitedville, they are filling up the bus sheds waiting for the ever elusive Saturday morning bus.  In Georgeville they are walking to the shop or putting their horses [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bus Stop Medical</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 21:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Clinic starts at 9am in Teakettle Village.  I have to take my little 18 month old, Ahmani for her check up.  It is run on a first come, first serve basis, so I am determined to get there early.  I am still recovering from a broken ankle soTiffany drives us to Teakettle.  Ahmani is happy [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Dry Season</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 04:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It is May the 17th and we have not had rain in weeks.  It tried to rain the other night.  Lightening lit up the sky and thunder sent the dogs under the bed, but the rain just about squeezed out a few large drops on the zinc roof and then gave up.  Every morning a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Sunday, Mangoes and the River</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 22:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today is Sunday.  The sun is very hot, even with a good cloud cover.  We all came home from fried chicken with fried rice and felt the need to relax.  Ron is on the veranda watching the car race with his bag of trail mix.  I am in my office with the a/c and a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>WASH DAY!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 05:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I walked down the winding path keeping an eye on the ground under my feet while I pushed aside the branches that intruded on the narrow space.  In one hand I held my closed umbrella and in the other was a five gallon bucket filled with dirty laundry.  I followed the girls down the hill, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 04:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It was New Year&#8217;s Eve and approaching 2pm in the afternoon.  The sun was bright and getting hotter.  I went out to close the gate that had blown open and that is when I saw the wave approaching.  It was a crowd of kids on their way to our house.  Red, blue, yellow, pink and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Nest is Never Empty</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 02:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last week, Elbia and I decided to go and visit her mom.  Her sister, Delmi had asked me on Sunday if I would come and talk with her.  It was raining off and on all morning and it is a bit of a walk to the house.  Finally in the early evening the rain had [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Meditating in the Mud</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 03:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It is an amazing thing that happens when earth and water mix.  I can remember as a young girl we would play on the beach on Long Island and the mixture of sand and water was wonderful.  The sand castles were glorious.  But now I live in Belize, up in the Maya Mountains on the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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