The other day I saw something that really turned my stomach. No, it wasn’t the dead gecko in my notebook or the rotten pineapple behind the kitchen, or even the sight of Walker hacking up a wad on the porch – it was a Newsweek. I have not read a news story since last year […]
Author: Camille Armantrout
Camille lives with her soul mate Bob in the back woods of central North Carolina where she hikes, gardens, cooks, and writes.
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IGNORE THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN
Living in paradise is a challenge when it is your job to provide infrastructure to people on vacation. Like any job, there is a lot involved. Above all, we strive to hide the struggle and showcase the end product; ease and relaxation for our guests. We live in the second poorest country in the Western […]
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SHAKE DOWN
For years we have been shaking out our shoes before putting them on in the morning. Now that we have an outside toilet, we have developed the habit of shaking out our roll of toilet paper before peeling off a few sheets. The other night I shook out a good-sized cockroach. This morning I shook […]
You’ve probably heard the phrase, “A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.” Personally, I find it offensive. I believe we all need someone and to assume that all of the people we don’t need happen to belong to the same sex is, well, sexist. The women who would make this generalization […]
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HYGROMETER
I don’t know how many times I walked past this cow skull before noticing it was there. It hangs on the edge of the roof to the Internet Café, which adjoins our house. When I finally did notice it, I was surprised at how green it is. Having lived in the Midwest, I expect old […]