In the last ten days or so, at least five people have congratulated me on loosing so much weight. But according to the scales, I’ve actually gained half a kilo. This is very nice, but very odd. I can only think that either I’ve managed to swap some fat for muscle (muscle being denser) or that my posture’s improved. Either way, it must be the extra exercise.
Returning my Sister’s Face
My friend and talented fellow writer, Eugie Foster has a launch party today on Facebook and LiveJournal for her collection of short stories, “Returning my Sister’s Face.” She’s part Chinese, and her stories are often set in the orient. More importantly, they tend to hang around in your subconscious long after you put the book down, which is probably why they’ve been into Greek, Hungarian, Polish, and French. She hasn’t…
Weekend Carnival Programme
Santa Cruz de La PalmaSaturday, 28th February 12:00 noon. Cuban music in the plaza de la Alameda. 10 pm Costume night, with music from Salsaludando and Arena Caliente at the carnival stage Sunday, 1st March 6 pm children´s party with music from Vigord Jazz, and a prize for the best child´s costume of 2009, at the carnival stage. Los LlanosSaturday, 28th February 6 pm Carnival Procession in Puerto Naos. Organized…
Gross dreams
Last night I dreamed I spat a huge slug out of my mouth. That is positively the last time I go to bed without brushing my teeth! But one of the advantages of being a writer is that sometimes I get paid for my nightmares.
Carnival
Yay! It’s carnival, and I get sometime off for fun. (Actually I had to take time off work, because my son’s off school, but I felt overdue for a break anyway.) So the house is a little tidier, and I’ve finally sent off photos I promised to send weeks ago, and I’ve mended stuff that’s been broken for over a month. And I got to see the kids’ parade and…
Los Indianos
One minutes our of a whole night’s partying. As usual, the little kids are the cutest. Sometimes the talc can get a bit much. I wonder why I never thought of this solution?