Summer Time and the living is easy—–and HOT. Having a good week. I have family visiting, and of course, we are doing all the local stuff, i.e. Mexico shopping, eating lots of seafood, swimming, beaching, and catching up on the prior year’s events.
We went to Nuevo Progresso yesterday, and shopped ‘til we dropped, but had plenty of guacamole and margaritas to sustain us. Today, it was a ride on the beach, and shopping on the island, along with swimming, and just hanging out.
Next week, I’ll get back to working on book 3. It has all come together now, and before long I’ll share a little with you. In the meantime, enjoy your summer, and stay cool!
Driving along Highway 100 in deep South Texas between South Padre Island and Harlingen there is not a tremendous amount of pretty scenery except in the spring when the yuccas are showing off their beautiful white, frothy blooms.
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March 17th, 2010 by cindy
Ahhh. Spring break on South Padre Island. Not a bad place to be, even if you aren’t 18 or 20 years old.
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January 13th, 2010 by cindy
Until then, I think I will see Santa deliver my toys in his boat, hang icicle lights on my palm trees, and eat fried shrimp on New Year’s. It’s been fun, but I’m ready to go “home.”
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October 31st, 2009 by cindy
Tonight, friends and I ate at Daddy’s, a local “upscale Cajun seafood dive.” I guess that sounds a bit of a paradox, but there are all types of dives when you live in a resort town..
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October 29th, 2009 by cindy
After seeing all the Galapagos iguanas I couldn’t help but think about “Iggy.” Several years ago, Iggy apparently “escaped” from what was at the time a bayside restaurant and bar
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October 11th, 2009 by cindy
October is one of my favorite months on the island, because it is cooler (relatively speaking) and less crowded.
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October 3rd, 2009 by cindy
They’re coming! At first I noticed a few Iowa plates and then Minnesota began to trickle in. Before long there will be a sea of Midwest license plates all over the island. The Q-Tips are back for another season.
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October 1st, 2009 by cindy
After a nice breakfast out, I came home and hunkered down to talk long distance to my agent, Chris, who I now refer to as the “Novel Nazi” because she never lets up on me.
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