This excellent restaurant takes its name from a 15th century palace on the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. The owner of the restaurant is from Venice and he’s brought some classy skills to our local restaurant scene.
This is the best Italian food I’ve experienced in Merida. This place could hold its own anywhere. Some things [...]
December, 2009
Restaurant Review: Ca’ D’Oro
Teabo, Mani, Padre Luis
I can’t seem to stay out of this area. A couple of days ago, Mary E. and I picked up Guillermina and her grand-daughter in San Antonio Tehuitz and proceeded to her parents’ place in Teabo (see earlier article). They had fixed three of my old cotton hammocks that I never thought I’d be able [...]
Okay, now what?
Now to figure out how to market this book. I’m going to send the Amazon link to several 2012 websites who have agreed to list it.
Beyond that, I’m wondering what’s involved with Barnes&Noble, Google, etc. Today I was looking at a site called Smashwords. If you upload your book to their site (for sale), they [...]
Cold Snap in Merida
This morning the temperature was 68 degrees F. I had on several layers and big socks. The sun has just set and it’s freezing once again. I am wearing a cotton sweater over my shirt and so is Jim. Now it’s about 74.
In the back yard, I have eleven feral cats who come in and [...]
Publishing on Amazon
My book is online on Amazon. I have a few problems I need to address to them.
When you type my name into the search box, it says Do You Mean xxxx? which isn’t what I mean, and my name should be in their search database. It does find the book, however.
I can’t download Deadly Awakening [...]
I pressed the Publish button!
I feel ill. I did it. I sent it off to Amazon Kindle books. I’m sure it’s full of mistakes and places that bear improvement, but it’s gone. I got an acknowledgement saying the Kindle Operations Team was reviewing my submission. These reviews are done so that Kindle buyers will have “a more positive buying [...]
From The Wanderer – Deanne Rios
Periodically I post mail I get from my friend Deanne who retired a couple of years ago and wanders around the US and Canada in her car. She visits people, museums, campgrounds, and whatever she takes a fancy to.
Hello all, it’s been another interesting chunk of time… Cape Breton was specifically, and Nova Scotia [...]
Andy and the Leaf
By Beryl Gorbman
Inspired by Ileana Acevedo
Andy was sitting under a tree in his yard. He was sad because last week his grandmother Nina had died. He had heard her make some strange noises and then she didn’t breathe any more. And then his mother had started crying, so he knew something very bad had happened.
When [...]
Merida Garbage
We live in centro, where the city collects trash daily. We put it out on the sidewalk in tied bags, and by mornings it’s gone. Sometimes the truck comes in the evening, but more often in the madrugada, the wee hours of the morning. The truck makes a lot of noise and the men are [...]
New Crime Report
It seems that those idyllic villages outside Merida are no longer as peaceful and safe as they were. Drugs and drug gangs are in control now and people are afraid to come out of their houses.
In a village about an hour outside of Merida, things are dire. Young men who have grown up there are [...]