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Banishing Off-Grid Imposter Syndrome
I follow some fantastic Substacks about lady farmers and homesteaders, and I greatly admire all the work they do to keep their farms going. I read about Sam moving sheep and Jenna harvesting potatoes and Helen weaning pigs, and I think to myself, “WOW these ladies are super badass.” And what the hell am I…
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How To Have An Outdoor Summer Party and Not Die
Party secrets revealed by July birthday couple! How do you throw an outdoor summer party when it’s 90 degrees in the shade? Dear readers, Lurko and I have this down after celebrating 54 and 53 birthdays respectively, most of those in Texas in July. Let us show you how it’s done, using our new house
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Assisting the Parental Units
The Coneheads reference never gets old, but getting old happened to my parents. I moved to Mexico for many reasons, but a big one was to help out my parents. Even though they were both in decent health, they were now in their 80s and I felt like one of us kids needed to be
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My Sister and I in Guanajuato, Part 1
We walked the dogs by the Frog Fountain (Fuente de Las Ranas), which was a public fountain with about 15 different frog sculptures in the surrounding plaza. The name Guanajuato is actually a Spanish-ized form of the native Purépecha phrase Quanaxhuato, or “place of the frogs.”
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Water in Mexico
Before designing a water system for your home, it’s important to understand the outside factors that will affect your access. These outside factors can be grouped into two areas:Environmental (factors caused by Mother Nature), andCommunity (factors caused by people).
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Slovakian kolaches: a traditional, now sugar-free, Christmas treat
This version of traditional Christmas Slovakian kolaches was made sugar-free. I’ll share how we modified a hundred-year-old recipe.
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The real “caravan” to worry about in Mexico
A few weeks ago, President Claudia Sheinbaum assured the United States and Mexico that there were no caravans making their way through Mexico. But she was incorrect. There may not be a caravan of immigrants, but I learned from a pretty reliable source that there is a caravan coming. This caravan is much more insidious,
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Hike to the Altavista petroglyphs
11/30/24 We recently started hiking with a group based in Lo de Marcos (three towns up the coast from us). I was super excited about today’s hike, because we were visiting the petroglyphs in Altavista– on my bucket list of Archaeological Sites Close to Home. It’s an hour and a half north of us near
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An improved quality of life
After a difficult year trying to adjust to our new life in Mexico, we finally feel like we have turned a corner. This Thanksgiving, we can truly be thankful.
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Keto onion and green bean casserole (Instant Pot)
This is a recipe for a casserole, but I don’t have access to a full-sized oven. I do own an Instant Pot, and I think I can make this recipe work. EXCEPT. The cheese. How do I broil the cheese to be crispy golden brown on top — without an oven??
