Mind games... and TWINS

Can anyone guess what this is? I will show you in my next post.


But right now I am timing myself to see if I've finally found a system to post a blog without it taking me all afternoon.

I went for a walk just a bit ago, with Alicia 'Licha' the maid at my posada. I accompanied her to the DIF* office to pick up a package of really healthy food that she gets once a month. I went along because I was hoping to make an appointment for a massage. Licha has had massages there, because of old injuries from a roll-over car accident. (It's my impression there are lots of those here. In fact I wondered if I was about to take part in another last week when the bus driver to Vallarta was eating his lunch while driving the windy road!)
As I had suspected, one needs a doctor's orders to get a massage through DIF. But at least I helped Licha carry her heavy bag back here, in the midday heat(!) AND we said hello on the way back to some of her newer family members. They have the carnecería around the corner.
Here is mom Magdalena with 8-month gemelas Regina y Renata, and Alejandra, que tiene 9 años de edad.

And I am about to post this in LESS than a half hour - from my camera... to my computer... to the great ether net - and you. Yeah!!!!

Someone told me what DIF stands for, but I forgot. Maybe tell you that in the next blog too.

Make that Charly with a 'y'...

...as 6-year old Airy has informed me.
And he's getting nervy!
I took a look inside my room (from working on the porch this morning) and this is what I saw.

Cesar Millan would say this is Bad. So would I. But I wanted to get a picture first...

Now Charly gets me up and out each morning for his 'constitutional' and I wish I had a training collar. But I won't let him pee on arboles. Only posts, rocks and dead things. Geeze, I had no idea what a pain boy dogs can be!
But the walks are a good thing (we usually do a peregrinación in the evening too) because the yoga and swimming are taking a back seat lately. Oh well, the legs are doing lots of miles. (Wish I hadn't lost my 2nd pedometer#@!?!)

Fiesta Llano Grande

Recientemente yo fui a una fiesta charro en Llano Grande con mis amigos, periodista y artiste Dionisio Garcia y su prima Guadalupe.
It takes 3-4 hours just to get there from Tomatlán. And there are many little rivers like this to cross! Even though the road was very rough, there were tons of people already there for the 4 day event. (But I think I might have been the only full blooded gringa.)

We all got dressed up for the evening festivities ('Nicho' is a professional make-up artist too) and went out the first night to party... It went on way way into the night (I'm so glad I can usually sleep well!)

There were competing bands in the plaza principal....
and even fireworks. The safety measures were not the same as in the states.

The little red bull here was actually made of fireworks and the guy carrying it chases everyone around - when it's lit!