I felt like I was walking with you and Paul through the wreckage as you viewed the aftermath ofcthe storm. Your memoir is fascinating! Can't wait for the next episode.
Wow, I was so absorbed in your story I thought I were engrossed in a top best seller novel! I look forward to your next amazing adventure! Thank you! 💞✨💞
It's saddening people's retirement and local's way of life were uprooted from the hurricane. Your descriptions on what happened are so precise and colorful, like it happened minutes ago. I enjoy your writing style, Jeanine! Looking forward to the next chapter!
Another spell-binding story, in more ways than one! I had to chuckle when I read: "Maybe in some way, dumb luck and years of waiting had saved us from the disheartening experience of building our dream house only to see it taken by storm." Whatever it was, you certainly built quite a majestic, incredibly sturdy dream home!
Mil gracias, Lana! So appreciate your reading and your comments! I guess that old adage, "All good things come to those who wait" would be apropos here!
Jeannine, I love your stories. But, with all due respect, I think you're only interested in the Mayan culture, not the Mayan descendants living around you. The same seems to be true of people who comment on your experiences. They seem to only care about what happens to them, not if they interact with Mexicans. I may be wrong, but that is what is manifested by the opinions about your experiences
It seems like you really did dodge a bullet (er, hurricane) with all those delays. A blessing in disguise? Perhaps the Mayan gods were looking out for you, too. What will they come up with next?
So much to unpack here Jeanine! We had a ‘Barry’ in Costa Rica, never at his house, always at the local bar. But I love what he said, ‘the experience of a lifetime’. Ain’t that the truth! And storms as we know, are not kind, although maybe Alejandro did get the curse of the Maya- very interesting indeed!
Too much! Parallel lives! Are we in a parallel universe? haha. Barry was a trip. He kinda went off the rails before selling. Put in sod-grass (!) for his front lawn (in Mexico, really) and then put up huge Stay Off the Grass signs, in English. He became that stay off my lawn guy. Maybe the original? Actually somehow located a firearm (unavailable at the time in MX and a jail-able offense) and started shooting in the air when kids would dare step on his lawn. He did an overnight in Puerto Morelos jail for that. It's no wonder he sold. But in the earlier days, he was so bizarre he was fun to have a drink with (one would do).
Definitely years apart. But the characters really are amazingly wild. Maybe some things never change? Oh, maybe I should have said in an alternate universe ):
The plot thickens with curses and rituals! There’s so much here, Jeanine, that makes me want to turn the page to keep reading. I love the imagery too , meringue shaped clouds and all.
I felt like I was walking with you and Paul through the wreckage as you viewed the aftermath ofcthe storm. Your memoir is fascinating! Can't wait for the next episode.
Thanks Carmen! Appreciate that.
Love your writing! Great character sketches!
Thanks David! Much appreciated.
Wow, I was so absorbed in your story I thought I were engrossed in a top best seller novel! I look forward to your next amazing adventure! Thank you! 💞✨💞
Thank You, Charlotte! I'm so glad you liked it!
It's saddening people's retirement and local's way of life were uprooted from the hurricane. Your descriptions on what happened are so precise and colorful, like it happened minutes ago. I enjoy your writing style, Jeanine! Looking forward to the next chapter!
Thanks Daniel. It was a horrendous event. Hard on the entire coast.
Another spell-binding story, in more ways than one! I had to chuckle when I read: "Maybe in some way, dumb luck and years of waiting had saved us from the disheartening experience of building our dream house only to see it taken by storm." Whatever it was, you certainly built quite a majestic, incredibly sturdy dream home!
Mil gracias, Lana! So appreciate your reading and your comments! I guess that old adage, "All good things come to those who wait" would be apropos here!
Jeannine, I love your stories. But, with all due respect, I think you're only interested in the Mayan culture, not the Mayan descendants living around you. The same seems to be true of people who comment on your experiences. They seem to only care about what happens to them, not if they interact with Mexicans. I may be wrong, but that is what is manifested by the opinions about your experiences
I'm so sorry to hear that. In Puerto Morelos, the Maya culture is strong and there are many people from everywhere. All seem to interact well.
It seems like you really did dodge a bullet (er, hurricane) with all those delays. A blessing in disguise? Perhaps the Mayan gods were looking out for you, too. What will they come up with next?
True. I can't help but think we'd have been as sunk as Alejandro.
So much to unpack here Jeanine! We had a ‘Barry’ in Costa Rica, never at his house, always at the local bar. But I love what he said, ‘the experience of a lifetime’. Ain’t that the truth! And storms as we know, are not kind, although maybe Alejandro did get the curse of the Maya- very interesting indeed!
Too much! Parallel lives! Are we in a parallel universe? haha. Barry was a trip. He kinda went off the rails before selling. Put in sod-grass (!) for his front lawn (in Mexico, really) and then put up huge Stay Off the Grass signs, in English. He became that stay off my lawn guy. Maybe the original? Actually somehow located a firearm (unavailable at the time in MX and a jail-able offense) and started shooting in the air when kids would dare step on his lawn. He did an overnight in Puerto Morelos jail for that. It's no wonder he sold. But in the earlier days, he was so bizarre he was fun to have a drink with (one would do).
I think we are- years apart but still! People are sure interesting!
Definitely years apart. But the characters really are amazingly wild. Maybe some things never change? Oh, maybe I should have said in an alternate universe ):
The plot thickens with curses and rituals! There’s so much here, Jeanine, that makes me want to turn the page to keep reading. I love the imagery too , meringue shaped clouds and all.
What painful devastation! All that work put into something nature decided wasn't for us, I suppose...