Calm Zih

Just a heads up for residents and patrons of La Ropa and Las Gatas. The municipal government again wants to "certify" these beaches in order to receive more federal funding, which is used to pay political favors including giving supporters jobs as "Eco-Guardianes", the folks who take your glass containers and styrofoam coolers away from you and tell you that you can't take your dog on the beach because it might make doo doo and you might not clean up after it.

Personal note to the person in the light-blue compact car who tossed a firecracker in front of our home last night around one in the morning. Please come back and get the special present I have for you. You left too quickly last night. I'll be waiting.

The season has changed and we've had several days of mostly cloudless skies. The only clouds we should be seeing for the next several months are from so-called cold fronts passing through, and they typically bring almost no precipitation. So now we get to watch as the hillsides slowly lose their green color as their vegetation dries and withers until the next rainy season.

Here is another grateful recipient of donated reading glasses. My wife Lupita asks that I remind folks she prefers to receive the "cheater" reading glasses that you can buy at many pharmacies.

It looks like the sailboats are starting to return. Note the calm water for which the ocean was named Pacífico.