BOOKS!

AND MORE BOOKS!

BOOKS ON SALE

AND A FREEBIE!

Sorry guys, I've been writing books

and not so much my blog.

It's a LOT of work!

All 3 of my books are now up on Amazon/Kindle and Smashwords

(a wholesaler who sells ebooks in 32 countries)

and available for download to any digital ebook reader including computer.

"Emergency Medical Spanish for Travelers"

(English/Spanish language guide for medical emergencies)

"Things That Make You Go Hmmmm"

(a humorous 'only in Mexico' pictorial)

 "Take Next Boat.  Get Married.  Not Coming Back.  Love Larry." 

(a memoir of my parents love story in Hawaii - 1936 

with pictures of them and their life in old Hawaii, and

featuring letters my mother wrote home to CA)

  

All books are on sale for $.99 US except "Take Next Boat"

will be a free download from Smashwords for the following 48 hours. . .

then it will go up to the princely sum of $.99 also.  

Download it for free at https://www.smashwords.com/ - type 'Take Next Boat'

in the search box and it will come up for you to download.

If you download the other 2 books please buy them from

Amazon/Kindle rather than Smashwords.  

ENJOY!

The Rainy Season June 2012

IT'S THE RAINY SEASON!


Finally.

Crashing thunder and all-night heavenly light shows 

followed by torrential downpours alternating with episodes of light rain.

The raging river to the lake that surges just a little toooooo close to my house 

has this morning reverted back to being a street again. 

Green is everywhere! 

Broccoli covered mountains that turn lavender in the evening with the sunsets,

crisp cool air, big tufts of iridescent green grass between the cobblestones,

and free pasture banquets for the cows and horses line the streets

and highways. 

The aroma of a savory pot of split-pea soup simmering

on the stove and homemade gluten-free corn bread
baking in the oven.

No snowbirds, no sunbirds, no tourists, no crowds, no traffic - 

just us tough old stalwarts and the Mexicans

reuniting and enjoying each others company once again. 

I so love it here! 

Hike The PCT With Joe Telles June 2012

Hey!  Joe!

We're hiking along with you!

One of my former co-workers,

retired San Bruno firefighter Joe Telles,

embarked on his # 1 bucket list dream

this spring:

He is hiking the Pacific Crest Trail from

Mexico to Canada - 2650 miles, btw.

Well, at least that's the plan!

Follow along and see if he makes it.

I think he'll make it,

what do you think???

Joe is now in Vermillion Valley,

about 900 miles into it,

and you can follow along with him

as he candidly documents his struggles and

his joys in this trail journal:

JOE TELLES HIKES THE PCT

I've got blisters on me feets from just reading it!

GO JOE!!!

Food - One of My Greatest Passions - Part 2 June 2012

OK, since you guys liked Penny so much,

I have another treat for you.

This is Karen Shinto

a Bay Area food stylist!

Food artist!  

Simply amazing.

Karen Shinto Food Stylist

I was going to add her

to the last post

but decided it might steal

a little of Penny's well-deserved

thunder.

Karen deserves a post all her own.

EAT MORE PLANTS!

Photo courtesy of Occupy Monsanto

Food - One of My Greatest Passions June 2012

Meet my hands-down favorite food

photographer

and foodista:

Penny de los Santos

Here she is on Ted Talk reporting

on photographing a meal at the end of Ramadan in 

war-torn Lebanon with eight Iraqi refugees.

She was on assignment.

And here is her website,
click on her portfolio for

unbelievably clever

photos of unbelievably

beautiful food!

http://www.pennydelossantos.com/

¡BUEN PROVECHO, AMIGOS!

¡Ya Basta! No More Violence!

PUTTING A FACE TO THE VIOLENCE

It's a bad day today.

It's Mother's Day - in Mexico -

and we should be happy. Celebrating!

We are not.

Maria and Mario Paz Garcia

in their restaurant Mario's.

Great food, great service, and really

nice people.

This morning the church bells pealed the

death knell and this couple received notice

that their son - and only child - was among

the 14 or more bodies found stuffed into two vehicles

along the highway connecting Guadalajara

and Lake Chapala.

He and 2 of his friends were playing basketball

on the Ajijic malecón about a week ago when they were

snatched at gunpoint.

No demand was ever uttered.

Abel Paz Encisco was the director of the

Balet Folklorio San Antonio Tlayacapan

and engaged to be married.

Descanse en Paz, Abel.

What a friggin' waste.