Hi friend, It’s raining in San Pedro this weekend. We’ve crossed into the wet season—one of only two seasons we have here in Belize: wet and dry, no in-between. Sometimes the rain comes hard and warm. The island slows down. And because San Pedro is a golf-cart island, you don’t usually push thro...

And, yesterday, was 41. I counted. The first six were in middle school and high school, where I was the pianist for ceremonies at my small rural school. Then four more as a music major in undergrad, required to sing in the choir at every commencement. Three as a public school music teacher, play...