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Island Woman MJ

I am here for Friends

About Me

I live on a tiny island...keeping life simple.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

My grandmothers. My great grandchildren who aren't born yet. Dick Feynman. Richard Brautigan. Herman Hesse. Jacques Cousteau. C.S. Lewis. Myself.

My Blog

George Clark...I don’t want to know this

I can only do this for George, a gentle, lovely man. One of the best ones. The last time I talked to George, I was doing an article on Derek Trucks - old connections from my rock and roll days le...
Posted by on Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:40:00 GMT

Going to America

God bless America...because someone better do it. America is in deep kim chee, despite its vastness, its wealth, its beauty, and the smell is bad. I spent a year in America for a month and got back ho...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:05:00 GMT

Things my father taught me

My father raised the four of us from the time I was four. He wasn't perfect, but he loved the best he knew how...and did a pretty damn fine job of it. The dark spots lighten in the light of his love.H...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:19:00 GMT

So strange

What a strange world we live in. Oh you noticed...Today an American journalist died. Quite a bit more than a journalist, but that is easily available, the what else, even as a human being...he wrote a...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:12:00 GMT

Double Sunday

Tomorrow, beside being the first day of a long season of watchfulness, is also a strange political day for Puerto Rico. We will be allowed to vote in the Democratic primary for the first time since 19...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:11:00 GMT

Foundation for Women

Every once in awhile I find something that seems worth sharing. Foundation for Women is one of those things. I buy quite a lot of Fair Trade items for my little cart - it's a good thing to do somethin...
Posted by on Sat, 17 May 2008 14:51:00 GMT

The Great Escape

So here it is, the weekend of the Culebra Regatta. In the world of selling bits and more bits on a tiny island, it is one of the last big weekends (the other one is Easter, called Semana Santa here - ...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:36:00 GMT

Almost a new year

Since I've only used myspace to keep up with friends from long ago, I guess I should keep up a little bit for the New Year. Or years, as it may be.But what can I say about a life that is so very close...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 18:09:00 GMT

May Day

May has been strange so far, probably because the last week of it I have been inbedprisonment, after my back decided I should reside horizontally for while.My friends say I'm mssing nothing, that the ...
Posted by on Wed, 17 May 2006 05:53:00 GMT

April Fools!

I tried to pick a category but they all fit. I thought one said parties and nightmares, but it was just nightlife or I would have picked that one. Not that I'm much for parties. We hold our parties i...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Apr 2006 15:30:00 GMT