by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Dec 4, 2023 | Life in Belize, My Blog
Sorry, almost no photos with this blog post. October 9 Life in the Jungle: It’s Sunday (of course). I was all prepared to head to the ponds to chop. Over the last few months, I have struggled with what a Sabbath is supposed to look like for me. In many ways,...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Nov 19, 2023 | Life in Belize, My Blog
October 4 Life in the Jungle: Waiting for a load of gravel to be delivered I planted seedlings in the coconut field. Saul from the village brought me a yard of gravel from the hardware store. He also brought me some lumber for my next hen house. The yard of gravel...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Nov 17, 2023 | Life in Belize, My Blog
September 30 Life in the Jungle: It’s amazing how I was so exhausted to do anything yesterday but it took so long to fall asleep last night. I don’t know what the temperature was last night but for the very first time since sleeping in a hammock, I needed...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Nov 17, 2023 | Life in Belize, My Blog
September 21 Life in the Jungle: I finally finished the hen house pen. I let out the hen with the oldest chicks to make sure everything would work out well. And everything did. So tomorrow both hens and chicks get to come out of the hen house. Today was Belize...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Nov 12, 2023 | Life in Belize, My Blog, Personal Reflection
A few weeks ago, I had an unusual sense about my mood and attitude. I was actually what I would refer to as half-happy. Which I understand is a weird thing to say. Happiness has never been part of my regular vocabulary. There have been brief times and brief...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Oct 29, 2023 | Life in Belize, My Blog
September 12 Life in the jungle: Another sleepless night. But I didn’t have the motivation or energy to get out of bed and be productive. I think tonight I just won’t go to bed until I am sleepy. This morning I woke up to a message from Verna Mae that...
