2010-07-27 17:35
Driving onto the ferry to cross over Northumberland Strait.Esperando and I spent this past weekend visiting The Storyteller, an old friend, who lives on Prince Edward Island in the Canadian… Read More
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A BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR ODYESSY of life in the small fishing town of Santa Rosalia and travels throughout Mexico and elsewhere
2010-07-16 18:06
1. The dog is not allowed in the house.2. Ok, the dog is allowed in the house, but only in certain parts.3. Ok, the dog is allowed in all rooms, but has to stay off the furniture.4. Ok, the… Read More
2010-07-15 20:06
Esperando was out of town in Washington, D.C. on our wedding anniversary. Bummer! And that was the day I thought I had discovered that I had—worms! The thought that my body might be in… Read More
2010-07-15 20:01
When we drove out of Santa Rosalia last Friday my goal was to stop at the little marble shop Rancho Sonora at kilometer 149 just north of Catavina to purchase a few marble wind chimes for Es… Read More
2010-07-15 20:00
This past Friday was the eagerly awaited big move-in day to the new apartment. We had been living in a hotel, albeit a nice one, for the last 3 weeks. Every day we had a… Read More
2010-07-11 01:35
Esperando and I are in Denver for the next few days for various appointments and we can’t overlook the necessary tidying of the yard. In addition to all the trimming back and replacing… Read More
2010-07-06 01:57
View from 17-mile drive near Pebble BeachThis past weekend Esperando and I set our sights for Paso Robles and a little wine tasting adventure in a region with which we were not familiar. We… Read More
2010-06-30 16:26
Last weekend Esperando and I took a short spin over to Watsonville, a small farming community on the central coast of California just south of Santa Cruz that was featured recently in Sunset… Read More
2010-06-22 01:24
On Friday I laid down for a few moments to nap. My brother and his wife were coming to go out to dinner with us soon, and I was worn out. Esperando and I had been hustling around all day. A… Read More
2010-06-07 23:18
You know this about your pets especially when they are still young--never leave them alone for too long. So what did I do? I slipped out of the room to do laundry and while I was out Lupita… Read More
2010-06-07 15:34
I have looking for a place to board Lupita when we have to be away. This is not Baja and I don’t have those fantastic muchachas here that baby my pets there as much as I do… Read More
2010-05-31 17:43
Memorial Day weekend arrived, our first weekend in the Bay Area, a splendid three days for us to relax. Yesterday Esperando and I met with Youngest Daughter and took a picnic to Go… Read More
2010-05-27 21:08
Youngest Son had an exuberant graduation ceremony in LA last week to receive his BFA in film animation. Since many of his classmates were theater or dance majors it made for an exciting even… Read More
2010-05-25 15:54
Amount of hotel soap used taking a shower while Lupita the Chihuahua consumed two 5-gram dark chocolate candies that the hotel left on our pillows the previous night = $0.02Amount of gasolin… Read More
2010-05-17 18:18
My sister Hermana drove up from Taos to stay with me after my mother’s birthday last week. Denver was cold and rainy and snowy, not much of a welcoming reception—but that didn&rs&hell…Read More
2010-05-08 03:35
Here we are in Carlsbad celebrating my Mother’s 102nd birthday. After the cool days in Denver last week, it is hot here. Yesterday was 100F, more like Baja than Denver. It has been a b… Read More
2010-04-22 16:40
Once again we are on the move. Tomorrow we will start out early for our drive to Ensenada and then on to the States for my Mother’s 102nd birthday in May. She is still sharp as a tack… Read More
2010-04-19 20:44
Esperando told me on Saturday, “Francisco wants to take us to see his father’s ranch tomorrow, to see where the soil for our flower beds came from.” I was right in the midd… Read More
2010-04-19 01:18
Yesterday morning when we woke up Winnie was drooling and trying to throw up. I was sure he had ingested some kind of poison but I didn’t see what it could be since he isn’t allo… Read More
2010-04-12 15:57
Me: “Hola Carmen, I see you looking in through the screen door like you want in the house. You have done this several times now in the last few days.”Carmen: “No, no, I wut… Read More
2010-04-07 23:10
Here is a multiple choice problem. It is the story of a foolish woman who wakes up every morning with a very sore back. It is hard to explain why this woman is so foolish. Every night s… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Dear ReadersI have spent the last 6 months in upper California and no longer am I running the guesthouse. The El Boleo mine, painfully on hold during the worst of economic times, is now abou… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Hermana and I drove down to Carlsbad, NM to visit our Mother recently. We spent all of our time eating out, then napping and then trying to decide which restaurant to devote our attention to… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Yesterday we flew back from Vancouver where we spent the past several days for Esperando’s work. The weather was beautiful and we ate at some really great restaurants. Esperando tried… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Confederation Bridge traveling north to New BrunswickWhen we went to visit our friends in Prince Edward Island last week instead of taking the ferry back to Nova Scotia to go to the airport… Read More
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