My Life in Chacala

Well this snuck up on me. I guess that is not to surprising as it is not something one happily looks forward to. Today is the day Andee found the strength to realize she needed help and got it. ...

http://mylifeinchacala.blogspot.com/2009/01/some-last-thoughts.html

These are from the little event we had in Spokane this spring of 08. We snacked on the food other had brought. Someone brought pizza which made me laugh and realize it was the most appropriate th...

http://mylifeinchacala.blogspot.com/2009/01/few-pictures-from-spring-event.html

Well the time has come for those up north to say goodbye to Andee. In many was this is for you all as I have had my say. What I would like from this is for people to met up, have few snacks, tell...

http://mylifeinchacala.blogspot.com/2008/06/andees-farewell-saturday-june-14th.html

Mothers Day

http://mylifeinchacala.blogspot.com/2008/05/mothers-day.html

There has been some talk floating about the ether about physical memorials for Andee. Things like tree's or trash cans for Chacala been talked about. I have stayed out of these discussion for a c...

http://mylifeinchacala.blogspot.com/2008/04/memorials-and-such.html

I have been a bit quite as of late. I had a little accident washing dishes and sliced a finger open. Some stitches and glue fixed that but make typing interesting. Things that I have said that I...

http://mylifeinchacala.blogspot.com/2008/02/just-little-update.html

UPDATE: I have heard from Gracies new ownee (as Gracie is of course the owner) and she tells me that Gracie is happily co-existing with two red-footed tortioses and a godson. Some people have b...

http://mylifeinchacala.blogspot.com/2008/02/about-gracie.html

Well really not much of a plan but a start. The basics are: June 14 (a Saturday) Afternoon In Spokane, WA Potluck with a focus on desserts Undetermined: Actual location (I need to investigate pa...

http://mylifeinchacala.blogspot.com/2008/01/june-event-plan.html

Andee at her finest. Expressing her opinions about pictures of her. Photo by: Allen Hardman Photo by: Robert Quallie Photo by Roger G. Iverson "This picture was from Feb. 2005 one even...

http://mylifeinchacala.blogspot.com/2008/01/andee-at-her-finest.html

I would like to publicly thank all those that have helped me in the last week. I will miss some of you that helpd and some of you I will never know that you did help. Some of you I did not know y...

http://mylifeinchacala.blogspot.com/2008/01/thank-you.html

I have replied to some but it burning me out. I can only cry so much. If you do not hear back from be please know that I am reading everything but that I probably will not reply.

http://mylifeinchacala.blogspot.com/2008/01/thank-for-all-notes.html

For probably some of the same reasons that Andee posted I feel the need to keep everyone updated about what is going on at day +3. As I write this it is about 72 hours since Andee's end. When s...

http://mylifeinchacala.blogspot.com/2008/01/just-to-let-you-know.html

Hi I am Erik Ordway, Andee's son. This Sunday Andee passed away, most likely from a stroke. There, the easy part is over. I sent this out as an email this on Monday after I personally notified ...

http://mylifeinchacala.blogspot.com/2008/01/sad-news-about-andee-carlsson.html

If you are thinking about coming to Chacala, you can check out these websites for rental info: Chacala Rentals Chacala Escape Majahua Casa Monarca Villa Celeste Casa Chacala . There are o...

http://mylifeinchacala.blogspot.com/2007/11/renting-in-chacala-this-winter.html

The authors of two gringo in Mexico type blogs, Isla Guy, ( islagringo@yahoo.com ) and Canuck in Cancun ( cancuncanuck@hotmail.com) posted this announcement today: Announcing the first ever L...

http://mylifeinchacala.blogspot.com/2008/01/latin-american-bloggers-get-together.html

Tonight an old Chacala friend arrived late in the evening. Via Trini & Cundo’s airport pickup. I wasn’t sure what time she was arriving, so I spent the early evening hanging around with some ...

http://mylifeinchacala.blogspot.com/2008/01/tonight-old-chacala-friend-arrived-late.html

My goal for today is to notice when I am making a leap from my assumptions into action. Usually verbal, sometimes actual actions. It's easy for me to see other people making wild-a..... assumptio...

http://mylifeinchacala.blogspot.com/2008/01/around-sunset-in-chacala.html

Many of the children in Chacala are amazingly gifted at making toys out of almost anything. And creating games with natural objects. But sometimes the kids play with "real " toys. This bowling se...

http://mylifeinchacala.blogspot.com/2008/01/boy-in-chacala.html

Christmas Day I took a walk up the hill at the south end of Chacala. A couple of the gates that are normally closed were open, so it was an easy walk. I have already written about my walk, but I ...

http://mylifeinchacala.blogspot.com/2008/01/views-from-hill-at-south-end-of-chacala.html

I had a kind of nice morning, walking around Chacala with a friend who was looking at long-term rental possibilities here. I met the out-of-town owner of one of the new, but not completed rentals...

http://mylifeinchacala.blogspot.com/2008/01/wandering-around-chacala-showing.html

Bill and Mary arrived today for their third winter visit to Chacala. They were accompanied by their precious dog, Spike/Clavo. As a bi-lingual dog, he responds his name in both languages. They w...

http://mylifeinchacala.blogspot.com/2007/12/new-computer-for-me-in-chacala.html

If you are interested in textiles in Mexico, take a look at this series of short videos about different textiles and their weavers. http://mexico_culture.blip.tv/ The videos were made by Bob , ...

http://mylifeinchacala.blogspot.com/2007/12/warm-and-lovely-sunny-chacala.html

I am not really a Christmas person, but Chacala has kind of changed me in that regard. Yesterday was a really nice day for me. The weather was great. And lots of nice people were arriving to set ...

http://mylifeinchacala.blogspot.com/2007/12/day-afternoon-christmas-and-all-thru.html

I am trying to think of all the changes that have happened in Chacala this year. At least the changes I know about. There have been some deaths. The beloved Mother of Laur died just recently. An...

http://mylifeinchacala.blogspot.com/2007/12/changes-in-chacala-this-year.html

Since I have now being living in Chacala for four years and five days, I thought I should take a look and see if I can notice ways that I am different from when I arrived here in Mexico. I know ...

http://mylifeinchacala.blogspot.com/2007/12/changing-in-chacala.html