Moving On
This has been a devastatingly sad week for Jack and me. Our big, beautiful, loving Goldendoodle, Kanga, is no longer with us. He died...
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Julie Heifetz
- May 23, 2021
- 2 min
Paradise Lost
Outside my backdoor lay the sparkling blue Caribbean Sea, which contained the Mesoamerican reef, the largest barrier reef in the Western...
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Julie Heifetz
- May 18, 2021
- 3 min
Black Magic
The Mayans who live in the jungle where I lived are deeply superstitious. For example, the woman who was Luis Felipe’s personal...
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Julie Heifetz
- May 13, 2021
- 3 min
The Transplant
The majestic palms peered down at me from the edge of Molly and Luis Felipe’s front lawn. Imposing as the queen’s sentinels, their...
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Julie Heifetz
- May 8, 2021
- 3 min
The Affair
A small fishing boat puttered into our cove steered by a burly man whose skin was dark mahogany. He wore a Captain’s uniform and I...
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Julie Heifetz
- May 3, 2021
- 3 min
Poppy's Legacy
It was no wonder that I longed to spread my wings, to live somewhere foreign, someplace exotic, after growing up on a steady diet of my...
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Julie Heifetz
- Apr 28, 2021
- 1 min
What a wonderful surprise!
Amazon lists my book with hot new releases, #1 in Mexican Travel
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Julie Heifetz
- Apr 26, 2021
- 3 min
The Calendar
My mother wore a heavy winter coat to the hospital on April 3rd 1946, the day she give birth to me. Five days later when she brought me...
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Julie Heifetz
- Apr 21, 2021
- 3 min
The Fugitive
The small white stucco church sat at the edge of the zocalo, the town square of Puerto Morelos. The church marked it as a legitimate...
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Julie Heifetz
- Apr 15, 2021
- 3 min
The Art of Balance
The Art of Balance I looked like Lucille Ball in an episode of I Love Lucy the first time I tried to lie down in a family size Mexican...
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Julie Heifetz
- Apr 11, 2021
- 2 min
At Long Last
Some of you have wondered if I tell the same stories in my book and my blog, but this blog is very different from the stories in the...
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Julie Heifetz
- Apr 7, 2021
- 3 min
Guard Geese and Macaws
It was my first visit to Molly’s house. The manicured front lawn was lined with towering palm trees that led up the walkway to the...
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Julie Heifetz
- Apr 3, 2021
- 1 min
BIG NEWS!
Hi Everyone, Thanks so much for reading these blog entries! It’s such fun hearing your reactions to the stories and the interest they...
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Julie Heifetz
- Mar 31, 2021
- 3 min
Romance in 3/4 Time
We were put together by a committee. They wanted us to write an original song using Mike’s music and my words for an interfaith,...
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Julie Heifetz
- Mar 27, 2021
- 2 min
Shipwrecked
I was never a beach person. I didn’t swim well and I hated the way I looked in a bathing suit, even when I was young. But this wide...
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Julie Heifetz
- Mar 23, 2021
- 3 min
The Untamed Road
It was more of a dirt path than a road. Luis Felipe never intended to pave or straighten it or make it more easily accessible. The road...
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Julie Heifetz
- Mar 19, 2021
- 3 min
A World Away
Sebastiana always showed up at 9:00 a.m. on Mondays and Thursdays, no later. She left her rubber flip-flops by my front door and worked...
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Julie Heifetz
- Mar 15, 2021
- 3 min
A Mayan Woman's Education
Maria, Doña Us’ daughter, came to Molly’s house twice a week to clean. This one particular visit I was staying with Molly and Luis...
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Julie Heifetz
- Mar 11, 2021
- 3 min
Patience, Mexican Style
There was no sign where Luis Felipe’s property began. If you didn’t know to look for the three lone clumps of trees along the highway...
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Julie Heifetz
- Mar 7, 2021
- 2 min
Out of Something Bad, Something Good Can Happen
Molly told me a disturbing story. I was back in St. Louis and my house in the jungle was being renovated when a young European couple...
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