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Choreography and Carpet Burns–A Creative Collaboration with Doris Brazil
Following the Crone’s invitation, it sounds like it wouldn’t take too much to persuade Doris Brazil to don her nose clip and swim cap. The correspondence continues: Oh Blabs, Blabs, Blabs… fifty years ago I would have jumped at the … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking with the Crone, Crone as Pen Pal, Culture with the Crone, diet, fat, food, The Traveling Crone
Tagged Appleton Marsh, Axminster, Blarney Crone, cocktails, cooking, correspondence, Doris Brazil, food, plantain, plus size swimwear, pool boy, puerto rico, rum punch, skin care, synchronized swimming, Vieques, You Tube, yuca
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Where chickens fly first class–and anyone can find a mule
So farewell then Vista Dos Mares, our home for the last week. There are 10 of us on the plane to San Juan. One pilot, 8 passengers, and a chicken. After the 30 minute flight to the mainline, we arrive … Continue reading
Posted in interior design, The Traveling Crone
Tagged Amish, beach and water club, bonnet, chicken, feedbag frock, mule, plane, san juan, Vieques
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The Case of the Sculpted Orange
The Crone spotted these pre-peeled oranges in a Vieques supermercado and couldn’t quite fathom their purpose. She bought them anyway. With the pith, they wouldn’t be ready to pop into a fruit salad or cocktail, but without it, the Crone … Continue reading
In Praise of Arapes
“All superior cultures have fried bread” So opined the Crone’s traveling companion, a noted food critic, over breakfast more than once this week. On each occasion the Crone has beamed with pride. Tom was talking about Puerto Rican arapes—and the Crone was … Continue reading
The Case of the Missing Tostones
The Crone is resolved to launch a mystery franchise set in Vieques. The place is perfect for it, for there are lots of winding roads for car chases, a small airport and ferry port to allow criminals in and out, … Continue reading
Posted in Culture with the Crone, The Traveling Crone, Uncategorized
Tagged Bergerac, Blarney Crone, buff, coral, coral burn, detective, gay, Inspector Morse, marines, mongoose, mystery series, mystery story, Olivia Williams, puerto rico, redhead, rum punch, tostones, twitcher, Vieques
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Two Pelicans, ready for their close-up
Admittedly, there is little about this video that is causing any hours of lost sleep at the BBC’s Natural History Unit. But watch it and tell me if these two Pelicans aren’t the hammiest performers you’ve seen for a while.
Posted in The Traveling Crone, Uncategorized
Tagged Blarney Crone, pelicans, puerto rico, Vieques
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Synchronized Swimming with Doris Brazil
The Crone is tempted to write to Doris Brazil to see if she and Flo are any good in the water. The reason? The Crone went swimming this evening under the stars, splashing about in the bioluminescent bay for which … Continue reading
