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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...
Julie Heifetz
May 29, 20213 min read
Paradise Lost
Outside my backdoor lay the sparkling blue Caribbean Sea, which contained the Mesoamerican reef, the largest barrier reef in the Western...
Julie Heifetz
May 23, 20212 min read
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...
Julie Heifetz
May 18, 20213 min read
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...
Julie Heifetz
May 13, 20213 min read
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...
Julie Heifetz
May 8, 20213 min read
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...
Julie Heifetz
May 3, 20213 min read
What a wonderful surprise!
Amazon lists my book with hot new releases, #1 in Mexican Travel
Julie Heifetz
Apr 28, 20211 min read
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...
Julie Heifetz
Apr 26, 20213 min read
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...
Julie Heifetz
Apr 21, 20213 min read
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...
Julie Heifetz
Apr 15, 20213 min read
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...
Julie Heifetz
Apr 11, 20212 min read
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...
Julie Heifetz
Apr 7, 20213 min read
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...
Julie Heifetz
Apr 3, 20211 min read
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,...
Julie Heifetz
Mar 31, 20213 min read
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...
Julie Heifetz
Mar 27, 20212 min read
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...
Julie Heifetz
Mar 23, 20213 min read
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...
Julie Heifetz
Mar 19, 20213 min read
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...
Julie Heifetz
Mar 15, 20213 min read
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...
Julie Heifetz
Mar 11, 20213 min read
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...
Julie Heifetz
Mar 7, 20212 min read
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