Jungle Jouissance

making a home in the Guatemalan rainforest

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   Mar 29

Meet Tiny Dancer

Meet TINY DANCER (Dancer for short). Just look at that healthy, solid little pink pig!! He is not completely better, but is SO MUCH BETTER that he is like a different pig. He is alert and active and eats like a pig. He is paper trained. He is gradually growing used to touch (at first […]

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   Apr 21

Gardening in the Jungle: Protection

A few years ago the Ix-canaan Women’s Group began a program of Square Foot Gardening under the direction of Rose Lord from Philadelphia. The reasoning behind this program is that many campesino people have poor health, not from lack of protein in their diets, but for lack of fresh vegetables, which are not grown here […]

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   Apr 16

Nail Art: Spring Design

Until really recently, I knew nothing about Nail Art. I suppose I had seen it somewhere, but it didn’t enter my consciousness. I don’t know what caused me to take notice now. But suddenly I found myself googling “Nail Art” and “Nail Art Designs”. The next time I went to town, I bought a bunch […]

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   Apr 08

Garden: Heliconia

Heliconia has just become my favorite flower .. the flower of the season … a symbol of Spring and Easter and New Beginnings. I’d never really noticed them before this one planted itself right underneath our bedroom window. It grew rapidly and burst into flower just before the Spring Equinox and Easter (and my mother’s […]

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   Jun 20

Rainforest Recipes Has Moved!!

Rainforest Recipes has now moved to a new location! We have been offline for awhile but expect to be back posting lots of delicious recipes at our NEW LOCATION: Project Ix-canaan: Rainforest Recipes.

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