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Engineering
Hi RG Thank you for the info on my last story. I tried to log on to my site right now to post a story but it won't take my ID. Glad those things don't bother me like they used to. I just said to myself, 'Try your ID with RG.' I can totally relate to construction projects down here. I started a bathroom over two years ago. Then a relative moved in so I had to add another room. Then I restarted my bathroom project but another relative showed up. And so another room had to be built. I swear to the creator if I ever finish that dang bathroom I'm going to bust a pinata in my frontyard. If beer and boring stories don't bother you then you're welcome to the fiesta.— November 6, 2010 2:54 p.m.
Notes From A Second-Story Window
Take some reading material:)— October 13, 2010 3:15 p.m.
Notes From A Second-Story Window
Hey RG Have you tried crossing the border without a passport lately? Talk about Americans treating their fellow Americans badly. The sad part about it all is that if you drive back across instead of walking you won't be separated and left standing unattended. An American in a car will thus be given preferential treatment over an American who walks back across. Kind of goes against the grain of democracy.— October 12, 2010 1:48 p.m.
"Smugglersville"
re#5 I'm sorry for the delay in answering you Silvergate 1. My surgery has been postponed and I didn't want to neg everybody out with my problems. I want to talk about the people of Tijuana and not my injury but the dang thing is the proverbial elephant in the room. Once again, regrets for my delays.— September 24, 2010 9:50 a.m.
Notes From A Second-Story Window
re#9 Good info RG. This whole uniform and supplies thing is new to me. But I'm finding out different things every day. Our grandaughter told me the other morning about how every class has to line up before entering the room. They are then checked to make sure they comply with the uniform code. If not, they are not allowed into the classroom. She tells me that the teachers are sticklers for detail. Suffice it to say the torn bluejeans and Grateful Dead concert jerseys that I wore in school would never have passed muster. But I have to admit, I agree with this dress code thing.— September 24, 2010 9:46 a.m.
Notes From A Second-Story Window
re 7 One of the few benefits of being injured is that I have time to read your stories twice. This summer our thirteen year old grandchild moved in with us. We are putting her through school so this is my first encounter with the Tijuana school system. I'm still trying to figure it all out. Very different from what I remember growing up in East Los Angeles. Just wondering what your take is on the whole system.— September 6, 2010 9:29 a.m.
Notes From A Second-Story Window
Belated congrats on your recent award. I also cross regularly without a passport. Depending on what time you do it or who you see makes a big difference. I'll shift to a longer line if I recognize a face inside the booth. I'd rather wait an extra bit of time to see a smiling face than a cross examining one. When I went to the passport fair last year, held by state department officials in Chula Vista, I learned that an American citizen can't be prevented from entering the USA.Detained but not prevented without cause. That and a lack of funds prevents me from reapplying.— September 1, 2010 1:15 p.m.
Seeking Cochise Spirt-Zona Daze
re#4 Thank you for the positive feedback. All of my posts on Living in El Fin del Mundo are non fiction. The blog is intended to be a historical account of what's happening along our border. RG nailed it when he said non fiction influences his fiction as it does mine. I don't doubt that some form of the non fiction I write here will turn up in my self published novels later on, but what I post on this blog is the raw truth. Thanks again for taking the time to read my blog.— August 31, 2010 2:56 p.m.
Seeking Cochise Spirt-Zona Daze
re#3 I know what you mean about trying to tell a story without nobody getting hurt. When I showed Smugglersville to a family member he told me I was asking for trouble. He said the world is screwed up and one lone writer will not change things. But I want to do the right thing and I feel that telling the stories for those who can't tell it themselves is the right thing to do. Maybe not the safe thing but the right thing.— August 31, 2010 2:35 p.m.
"Smugglersville"
re#1 Thank you. Glad you liked it. re#2 It is completely factual. Although it's only about seventy-five percent of the entire story. I asked the three men upon their release if I could tell their story and they said yes because they wanted people to know what's going on out there.— August 31, 2010 1:56 p.m.