Mar
06
2008
Guatemala is still very much on my mind. I go to the burrito place on the corner about twice a week just to hear Spanish. I’ve checked out several Spanish textbooks from the library, including a wonderful one that I happened upon: Breaking Out of Beginner’s Spanish by Joseph J. Keenan (University of Texas Press). [...]
Mar
02
2008
Around my house today there was a whole lot of grooming going on. Lulu got her hair dyed by Esmeralda. And Esmeralda let me join her in a facial after dinner. I visited my friends A__ and M__ tonight. A__ says she has no objection to my having kept a travel journal, but did I [...]
Mar
02
2008
While I was wandering aimlessly around my house at 11 last night, breathless from practicing my reels and jigs in preparation for the St. Paddy’s Day event in LA, I came upon an amusing sight. It is my daughter Lulu (who stopped by unexpectedly this weekend) and my lodger Esmeralda [Not-Their-Real-Names].