Well, I did it – sort of. I wrote two blog posts (this is the third) and walked for an hour, but the “marketing” consisted of poking around the Internet trying unsuccessfully to match up unsold stories with potential markets. I didn’t send anything off. Better than nothing, but I’ll never sell anything unless I send stuff out.
I had a burst of creativity when I came back from El Hierro, but I’ve been remarkably unproductive lately. So here’s my list for today:1) Do some [bleep] writing for [bleep]’s sake.2) Do some [bleep] marketing for [bleep]’s sake.3) Get some [bleep] exercise for [bleep]’s sake. And never mind the house. The dust rats will still be there tomorrow.
La Palma has a new weekly market, this time at the popular tourist resort of Los Cancajos. It’s open on Saturdays from 9 am to 2 pm, at the south end of the sea front, near the Las Olas hotel. There’s another fairly new market that takes place on Fridays from 4-9 pm at Finca La Principal, just off the old airport in Breña Alta. And of course, Santa Cruz…
La Palma is a confusing island to drive around. There are so many steep ravines that the roads tend to be twisty. If you want to go north from Cancajos, you have to start by taking the road south out of the village. If you want to drive southeast to the lighthouse from the Teneguía volcano, you have to go northwest to begin with. I’ve lived here for seventeen years,…