Where have I been? Well, most assuredly, not here at the Gumbo blog. I haven’t written a scrap on the blog in months, save for a plea for mammon yesterday for needy kids. See yesterday’s post if you care to help.
I have no excuse. Nothing. Nada.
I write. I began a journal as a Lenten exercise. I didn’t stop at the Resurrection. I have seventy odd pages in a secure place.
I am tutoring: children and adults. I teach Spanish for gringos; English for others. I have foreign students, such as Japanese, French, and Brazilians.
Bubu, my German Shepherd, died this fall. He was old. No pain.
Now, I have a foster who may be adopted tomorrow. Rosa is a mature girl, 6 1/2 years old. She’s active and happy. If the prospective family fails to take her, consider adopting Rosa.
If you don’t receive a Christmas card from me, consider this picture as your personal card.
I hope to write more about future plans in 2017. I am bored with the RWPs (rich white people) in the US. My self-imposed hermitage must end.
Adventure calls!
A Gumbo Pot 
It is nice to see you back. I tried keeping a journal for one year in the 1970s. I did not continue the process when I realized I was filtering my life before I put it on paper. Now, that all of my filters are broken, Mexpatriate is my journal.
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I am going to try to keep writing on the blog. My journal started as a Lenten challenge to write daily on gratitude. I kept writing. The scope has widened, but the perspective of gratitude frames my writing nicely.
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And a good framework it is.
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I hope I show my gratitude through my pictures…I’m better with photos than words. Glad you are adopting a new pooch. Merry Christmas to you.. loooking forward to your adventures.
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