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Today’s inspiring thought, from Se Habla La Paz
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Living with death
Dia de los Muertes is this weekend, officially Nov. 2. La Paz is alive with death. Bright colors, masks, music. The dead are among the living. They’re welcomed, fed, washed, and honored. Do not stand at my grave and weep. I am not there, I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond glints on the snow. I am the sunlight on the ripened grain. I am the gentle Autumn’s rain. When you awaken in … more
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Dinner at Agave Grill. Two dishes could have fed 5 people. Charlie’s burrito was frighteningly big.
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La Calavera Catrina (‘Dapper Skeleton’, ‘Elegant Skull’) ) is a 1910–1913 zinc etching by famous Mexican printmaker, cartoon illustrator and lithographer José Guadalupe Posada. The image depicts a female skeleton dressed only in a hat befitting the upper class outfit of a European of her time. Her chapeau en attende is related to French and European styles of the early 20th century. She is offered as a satirical portrait of those Mexican natives who, Posada felt, were aspiring to adopt European aristocratic traditions … more
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The Baby Flyer with Ed Ricketts and John and Carol Steinbeck on the Sea of Cortez expedition 1940. There are only two known photographs of Ed & John together
Western Flyer, purse seiner, Ed Ricketts & Steinbeck California Picture Collection, Monterey
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Western Flyer, purse seiner, Ed Ricketts & Steinbeck California Picture Collection, Monterey
The only photo I’ve found from The Log to the Sea of Cortez collecting trip in 1940
This photo of the Baby Flyer was probably taken around March 19 near El Pulmo Reef. The story about the Hansen Sea-Cow was in fact a Johnson Sea-Horse Steinbeck liked to change names around.
Mr. Pat Hathaway has the most comprehensive Historical Photo Collection in Central California.
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Jetski Saturday
After a morning at Colonia Laguna Azul helping poor Spanish kids learn English, Charlie and I took off in the later afternoon for Playa Tecolote. At one of the beach stands we rented a jetski – 500 pesos (~$40) for 30 minutes of adrenalin. Charlie drove most of the time, I held on for life. A first time on jetskis for both of us. Thankfully the seas were calm and empty. After, we rendezvoused Laura … more