The greatest rock’n’roll album ever. At 16 I smoked my first reefer to it when it first came out. I love Exile and still play it regularly
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A late bloomer, eh?

Definitely one of the all-time best rock albums. I used to practice to it, too, down in St. Croix, a few lifetimes ago.

Then there was this extremely talented guy named Jimi. This is one of the first songs I ever played in a band back in '69. Way too young to play in a bar though we did play rather horribly in a Battle Of The Bands in front of a large audience at an arena called Freedom Center in Louisville. The lead guitar/vocalist blew his intro when his voice went into screech mode, and in the middle of Purple Haze my bass pedal came flying out but I caught it in midair, slapped it back in and tightened it up without missing a beat, and some sharp photographer somehow got a photo of me catching it that made the paper the next day. My 5 minutes of fame came and went in a flash. *poof*

https://youtu.be/rXwMrBb2x1Q

SO glad you are over it mostly now, and hopefully Lupita is too. He had a rough night, shivering with a towel over him while he sweated and I cuddled. As of this evening, drinks, dog pool time and dinner, we are both 100% So great to be boosted.

Glad you all are right as rain again. Same here. Now we're just waiting on a pipa because the water's run out and apparently CAPAZ is having problems (lo mismo de siempre).

What a beautiful day!

https://youtu.be/Nryc7h6TCIE

Guerrero's state health authorities report there are currently 499 active cases of Covid-19 in Zihuatanejo, 12 in Petatlán and 6 in La Unión. Amazingly, Acapulco is registering today about as many active cases as Zihuatanejo had yesterday. Mind boggling. But across the nation in general it looks like the latest omicron wave isn't a wave but rather a spike like a church steeple and we appear to be on the back side of it. We'll know for sure soon enough. This is what was predicted by our health authorities.

Yesterday's final day of vaccinations for those 60 and over wasn't near as crowded as previous days. Local health workers are next up to get booster shots. Then I expect it will be the 40 and 50añeros.

Today was a day of recovery and rest from the effects of the AstraZeneca vaccine yesterday. Spent the night with a fever but no sweating, and I felt too lethargic most of the day to work so I just rested. But isn't that what Saturdays are for?

Although the recorded temp on the daily forecast doesn't show it, it got fairly cool last night, 20° or 19°C. Nothing like the blizzard with hurricane-like winds my cousins in Massachusetts were going through, but nipper for us. Still no snow in our forecast, but sleeping under a sheet was necessary last night.

The other night around 2:30AM there was an impromptu party in the alleyway that used to be a garden across the street from our home, so I called Seguridad Pública to report it, not expecting any actual response, but to my surprise they arrived within 15 minutes and politely broke up the party. I was impressed. The lesson being not to bother with the local police but to call Seguridad Pública instead. You can find their number and other helpful numbers on my Telephone Info page.

¡Cuidemos nuestro patrimonio!
#NoBlueFlagEnNuestrasPlayas
#PreservemosPlayaManzanillo

Fishermen arrive and set out their catch for sale on the downtown beach like they've done here for generations.