Something isn’t right….

Something isn’t right, and I’ve checked everything. The doors have all been locked, bottles washed, toys picked up. The cat is fed, the babies bathed and put to bed, but still something’s missing.
Its been missing all day. I looked for it under the banana tree, through the pineapple field, and in the birds of [...]

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Pineapple Thievery

There have been rumors of pineapple theft circling the neighborhood. That’s what passes for crime/news around here. Our next door neighbors have been hit on multiple occasions.  I’m outraged on their behalf because pineapples are really difficult to grow (I’ve heard). They don’t grow on trees you know! Ha, bet you didn’t know that. I [...]

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Jungledad is in big trouble

I made the most gruesome discovery yesterday. No, not tropical flying jungle cockroaches this time.
I was about to make coffee (life’s blood when in times of temporary single-parenthood) when I noticed the coffeemaker smelled a little funky. After a bit of sniffing I zeroed in on the coffee pot itself. I unscrewed the top and [...]

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Chasing winged cockroaches with industrial staplers

Until I moved to this island, I had never in my life seen a cockroach. My experience with bugs was very limited. There aren’t many bugs in New England, its too damn cold most of the time. And indoor bugs? Forget it! My mother ran too tight a ship for that. In childhood, my 4 [...]

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I’m Jungle Mom

Hi, I’m Jungle Mom. I live in a jungle on the side of a volcano in the middle of the Pacific ocean, with Jungle Twins, Jungle Husband, Jungle Cat, and a fascinating collection of uninvited arthropods. Which island? I’m not going to tell you, but I will tell you this- Hemingway once visited here. He [...]

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