A Hot Christmas Gift
The little boy next door gave Curt a lollipop yesterday.
Called elote, meaning corn, the sucker part was shaped like an ear of corn and covered with ... hot chili pepper! Inside was a strawberry sucker.
And, inside of that ... covering the stick...
The Stove in the Hall
Update on blog dated November 17 ... this is stoves, part two. Estufas in Spanish. (I like the word).
The guys never came.
So we went to the store and upgraded to an even bigger, brighter Bosch. It finally came, they took away the other stove,...
Where is the darn stove?
We're supposed to get a new stove. Well, new, but a replacement for our new stove.
In March we bought a new, expensive, Bosch, 6 burners, beautiful silver and black. It was installed in April. And then, the problems started.
Servicemen replaced...
Cat Movies
When we turn the outside lights on at night, the geckos come out.
Across the patio, where the light covers the whole wall, at least a half dozen come out to chase bugs. They're good to have around, these geckos, because they do eat bugs (cockroaches,...
Day of the Dead is Past, but ...
.. the memories linger on.
Cemeteries are still full of the good things delivered to graves for Day of the Dead (November 2).
You'll find cigarets, tequila bottles and remnants of the deceased's favorite foods. Even places where the living relatives...
Cockadoodledoooooo
The man obviously loves and cares for these birds. He trims them, feeds them, and actually pets them as though they were a cat or dog. He's building a large new cage for them in the backyard.
I don't know if they have names. But I do know they are...
Buns, Butts, Bellies
Two bobcats fighting in a burlap bag.
That's what my father used to call large human rear ends stuffed into too small pants.
There are a lot of bobcats around these parts.
I don't know why, but people -- Mexicans and Americans -- around San...
Nine days for Saint Francis
Wear white, they said. And carry flowers. That's what Jorge and Margarita told us when they stopped by for our donation to the San Francisco Festival.
Our neighborhood was assigned the first night, which would be followed by eight more nights of...
Why tercera edad?
Why Tercera edad for the title of this page? Because, it sounds better than saying "old people."
Tercera edad is the "third age," meaning those 60 or older. You can figure out the math, I hope ... 0 to 30, 30 to 60, then tercer edad. (I don't know...
Buying at the front door
You can buy almost anything here without leaving the house.
The ice cream guy, my favorite, with his car outfitted with coolers and a sound track running. Always a choice of three flavors ... maybe nut, vanilla and something for the kids, like bubblegum...