Kay,
Just to let everyone
know I have more or less transferred permanently here to northern Perú. I have
sold the half of my business in the USA, which did the purchasing and shipping,
and am concentrating on the sales and local delivery to the local clients.
It's a lot like a
step toward retirement, for I do a lot less of the physical work, do a lot of
reading, zero TV (I get my news from the internet when I feel like taking the
time), have learned to balance my life with things I HAVE to do to be a bit
more comfortable and things I just want to do.
The ship just arrived
with my fishing gear, so I will spend some of the time on the Pacific coast
down where Hemmingway did his writing, at Cabo Blanco. We have an food entree
here called cebiche which is raw fish, squid, shrimp, octopus cooked in lime
juice with a lot of purple onion, giant grained corn, with a piece of sweet
potato on the side.
A large platter is
about $1.00. Toss in a beer or two and you can really sit back and enjoy the
sunrise - or sunset- in luxury, of a sort. I know those particular foods do not
sound too great fixed that way, but when you try it, it gets to you and it becomes
the food of choice, in a place where fried or broiled fresh fish is really
good, too.
But enough of that.
Suffice it to say, I can HEAR my Blood Pressure dropping. And I am beginning to
notice my belt has a few more holes in it than I realized previously.
Ciao!
Lawrence Shelton
avessaperu@terra.com.pe