Monthly Archives: April 2007

My Last Days in Bocas Del Toro

Posted on April 7, 2007 by | 1 Comment


For a few days I did not visit Bea but kept making rounds around the town doing some work for folks on their yards. Some people paid me and others never did, but I felt good about doing Bea’s yard. Continue reading →

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To End All Ideas of Being a Banana Plantation Worker

Posted on April 3, 2007 by | Leave a comment


The meal had been Bea’s idea, her way of thanking me for being such good company. It had taken her way back into a part of her that she had thought was lost forever.As I slowly finished my lunch Bea came and sat with me again keeping her hands in her lap, over the apron she wore. It was the first time I had noticed that particular apron and it made me feel special. Continue reading →

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Bea’s Rundon

Posted on April 1, 2007 by | 1 Comment

I was settling down for another one of our chats as Bea said to me, “See Son in our days there was many water holes, where big fish them just was ready to be fished out. So we would plan and make a game out of everything.Going and fishing was like goin an’ wash clothes, an’ we had lot’ a clothes to wash all the time. Continue reading →

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