It's a Big World After All

The down side to having two homes is that I'm permanently homesick. There are at least three coffee houses, four living rooms, and twenty faces I'm desperate to see. With our birthdays and Christmas around the corner, the tug is twice as strong. Sometimes I wish the world were smaller.

Midnight Brainsparks

I have a story. For months I've written half pieces and outlines to enter into short story contests that just don't seem to take off. About a week ago or maybe ten days, I wrote a short outline, nothing detailed, just eight points. It was part of a brainstorming session, so I had hoped it would spark ideas, but didn't really expect the little sequence to actually turn into anything. Last night between 11:30 and 3:00 am it bloomed into a full length story... that has nothing to do with the my starting theme and reads more like a screen play. I guess my muse doesn't like to be told what to do either. So I guess now, while I let the thing simmer, it's time to find a place for it.

Sandy Sunday

Beach picnics are great. This weekend the menu involved cochinita pibil sandwiches. So good and definitely one of the reasons I just can't embrace vegetarianism. Sorry, my darling veggie friends, but this stuff is so good, I'm quite sure it's a sin not to eat it.

It's a shame there aren't enough palm trees. Though I often wish Cancun hadn't decided to put up a bunch of ginormous hotels, this Sunday concrete shade was all that saved me. Within 30 minutes I was starting to fry. Had we spent the entire day directly in the sun, Monday would have been oh so painful. You can bet I won't be forgetting my sunblock next weekend.

I love the beach and still don't understand why so many of my friends and neighbors rarely go. The sand is the issue. It gets in everything. And, yes, it can be annoying. One of our micheladas had gritty foam after we accidentally dropped the Michemix bottle--I wonder if sand counts as fiber.

Even so, how can they not just love it? You have the most incredible view, a sea breeze, an ergonomically perfect napping surface, a spill proof drink cubby, and, if you're Carlos, even a custom made barcalounger!