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THE BOOK IS COMPLETE
It's ready! I did it! I beat my deadline and completed my first e book! It wasn't easy, my computer started overheating, the internet went down just when I needed to send it to my webmaster, and my Adobe 8.0 just refused to let me secure the document.
My web designers are angels and have taken a lot of the load off of me.
Without the editing expertise of my husband Ira, I would never been able to meet the deadline. He is a professional editor, my biggest fan, harshest… Continue

The air smells like cinnamon. You can feel the pulsing music. We are following our noses and the beat of the music and the crowd.
The outdoor stage is lit in ghostly pale, icy, blue and white lights. Smoke wafts up eerily from the footlights.
A line of young girls in jewel-toned, hoop –skirted, colonial dresses appears stage left. The turquoise, purple, scarlet, and emerald dresses sparkle in the stage lights. Their picture hats are wide and adorned with paper flowers and lace, their hair is pla… Continue

The Beaches are Free!
Oh yes they are. In Mexico the beaches must always be accessible to anyone that would like to use them…on foot. Just as in California, Oregon, Washington and points north, driving on the beach is illegal and carries a huge fine.
Here in Baja California Sur where the law is fluid, and the local police are not highly trained, the words “the beaches are free” translates to: drive anything, do anything, and leave your garbage which includes dirty diapers ON THE BEACH! We have h… Continue

My vision board says; " House sold for full price and money in the bank by December1, 2009." If you don't make an offer soon, it will be hard to meet that date.

Your new fully furnished GREEN, beach house is a magnificent one story home with two offices with custom furnishings, broadband internet , two phone lines and WI-FI.
When we say "green" we mean it;

6" of insulation in the walls,
16" in the ceilings,
Low-e dual pane vinyl windows,
Low flow Toto toilets,
Salt-water pool
Energy-efficient… Continue

Last night, around 7:00 p.m. as I was serving dinner of poached salmon on a bed of spinach, the lights dimmed. Deeply. Meaning they went off completely, then came back they did this three or four times. I had already lit candles for dinner, so there was no need to run around looking for them.

Darling Husband decided to get the bags of ice from the guesthouse refrigerator. "I don't want to lug them in the pouring rain and screaming wind" said he. And the rain and wind we had earlier in the day c… Continue