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Currently,  78 completed episodes, and counting...  read now, here on the website, no charge.
Soon to be published as a Kindle download book, targeted for release in late 2026.

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The river-people called my son "pelito maiz," meaning "little corn hair." 
PROLOGUE
"Back-a-Bush" ​​
In the 1970's, Belize was not simply a place, but a unique time-and-space, and now a bygone era. We didn't just live "off-the-grid." There was no grid. Our life "back-a-bush" was colorful, and often dangerous, our spirits honed to a keen edge by the fear-and-necessity that drove us, and fed our young thirst for exploration. It was an age of primitive survival, against which we tested our mettle, armed with nothing more than bravado, bullet-proof youth, and no small measure of naiveté. It was a time in which we pitted ourselves, in the name of adventure, against whatever Mother Nature and karma could dish out.                                               ~NK 
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"Midnight Arrival 1976"

CHAPTER ONE
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​"Midnight Arrival-  1976"
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CHAPTER TWO
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​"Old Northern Highway"
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CHAPTER THREE
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"East of Haulover"
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CHAPTER FOUR
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​"​In Living Color"
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CHAPTER FIVE
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"​Mask Man"
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CHAPTER SIX
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"​What the Hell is a Bot'lass?"
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CHAPTER SEVEN
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"​Hawkesworth Horizon"
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CHAPTER EIGHT
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"Rio Macal"
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CHAPTER NINE ​
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"Wa Chikin Foot"
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CHAPTER TEN
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"Pioneer Spirit"
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CHAPTER ELEVEN
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"Earthquake!"
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CHAPTER TWELVE
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"Monkey Fall"
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CHAPTER THIRTEEN
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​"Mad Dogs and Englishmen"
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CHAPTER FOURTEEN
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​"Mennonite Auction"
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CHAPTER FIFTEEN
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​"Space-Goat"
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CHAPTER SIXTEEN
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​"​El Padrino"
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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
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​"Dry Season Slash-n-Burn" 
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CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
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​"Old Thomas Green"
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CHAPTER NINETEEN
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​"Halcyon Days"
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CHAPTER TWENTY
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​"Centrifugal Force"
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CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
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​"Don Tiburcio's Scabbard"
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CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
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​"Good Friday Alligator"
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CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
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​"River of Faraway Dreams"
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CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
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​"The Dory Man"
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CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
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​"Meet the Toyotas"
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CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
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"Stoopid Gringo"
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CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
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"Could I Eat This Mushroom?"
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CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
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​"Simply Speaking, Abuelita"
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CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
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​"Ayuda en la Cocina"
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CHAPTER THIRTY
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​"Evil Protozoa"
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CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
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​"Cock Tax"
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CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
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​"Dance of Dangriga" 
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CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
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​"Belizean Amazon" ​​
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CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
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​"Too Many Ways To Die"
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CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
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​"Stoney Blue's Treehouse"
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CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
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​"Color of the Wet"
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CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
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​"River Monster"
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CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
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"Jackie Vasquez"
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CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
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"Walking Man"
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CHAPTER FORTY
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"History of Macaw Bank"
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CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
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"Belmopan Song"
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CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
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"Alta Vista-Year of the Snake" 
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CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
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"Sticks and Stones" 
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CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
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"King of Macaw Bank"
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CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
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"Potlika and di Shotgun"
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CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
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"Polo Neal & Ornery Jack-Ass" 
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CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
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"Butting Heads on the Bridge"
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CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
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"Nutmeg in a Box"
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CHAPTER FORTY-NINE
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"Swept Away"
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CHAPTER FIFTY
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"Dickey and La Llorona"
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CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE
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"Don Elijio & the Dairy Queen"
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CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO
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"Don Elijio - Disciple" 
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CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE
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"Secrets of the Crocus Bag"
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CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR
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"Bitti Jammy! Bitti Jammy!:
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CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE
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"Tea & Carvings with HMF"
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CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX
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"Gringo Potluck"
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CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN
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"Hurricane Greta - Part One"
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CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT
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"Hurricane Greta - Part Two"
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CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE
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"Hurricane Greta - Part Three"
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CHAPTER SIXTY
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"Bishop Sylvester"
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CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE
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"Sub Umbra PWD"
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CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO
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"Sayk a Di War '79"
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CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE
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"Cowboy Boot & the Ocelot"
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CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR
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"Fire & Ice" 
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CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE
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"Chaa Creek and the Ants"
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CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX
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"Ugo's First Halloween"

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CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN
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"Moon Man"
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CHAPTER SIXTY-EIGHT
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"Creepy Jesus Painting"
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CHAPTER SIXTY-NINE
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"Must Be a Duppy"
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CHAPTER SEVENTY
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"Your Half of the Chickens"
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CHAPTER SEVENTY-ONE
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"Mugged"
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CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO
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"Queen Defender"
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CHAPTER SEVENTY-THREE
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"Another Lorry in the Dark"
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CHAPTER SEVENTY-FOUR
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"Harrier Down!"
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CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE
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"Gift for the Brigadier"
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CHAPTER SEVENTY-SIX
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"Bottle Green Mercedes"
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CHAPTER SEVENTY-SEVEN
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"Moonlight Murderer"
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CHAPTER SEVENTY-EIGHT
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"Emory King - O.G. Historian"
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  • Recollections of a Gringa Pioneer - My Primitive life in Western Belize - 1976-1989
  • Tiny Musical Instruments (Archive)
  • Raw HRB Stock - Knife, Pen, Cue (Archive)
  • Hand Carved Sculptures (Archive)
  • Bio
  • Contact for Book Interest