Sand and Foam

YELAPA TIDBIT - For those who don't know, Donovan wrote a song for and in Yelapa...
(The story of the song told by Donovan in his live presentation at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles on January 21, 2007. 
BTW, Ben and Miki Shapiro's place in Yelapa = Casa de Los Sueños.

"Of course fame followed me. It was 1966. We were here in Hollywod, up at Ben Shapiro's place. Ben was bringing in Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan. Ben was one of the old bohemians. He saw that Gypsy and I were tired. He said, "Why don't you go down to Mexico?" He said, "Go down to Puerto Vallarta, down to Rosa's Cantina." We did. Rosa was there. She took us to a fast boat, it sped us down the Pacific coast of Mexico. Down to Yelapa, a small fishing village. No roads went to this village. We curved around. Young boys in dug-out canoes took us off to a long, sandy beach, the jungle behind. We slept in grass huts, the stars twinkling above us. Down the river, we could hear the jaguars calling to each other in the jungle. And I wrote this song…"

The sun was going down behind a tattooed tree
The simple act of an oar's stroke put diamonds in the sea
All because of the phosphorus there in quantity
I dug you diggin' me in Mexico
There in the valley of Scorpio, beneath a cross of jade
Smoking on the seashell pipe the Gypsy had made
We sat and dreamed a while of smugglers bringing wine
In that crystal thought time in Mexico
Sitting in a chair of bamboo, sipping grenadine
Straining my eyes for a surfacing submarine
Kingdoms of ants walk across my feet
I'm a-shakin' in my seat in Mexico
Grasshoppers creaking in the velvet jungle night
Microscopic circles in the fluid of my sight
Watching a dark-eyed native girl cut and trim the lamp
A Valentino vamp in Mexico
The sun was going down behind a tattooed tree
The simple act of an oar's stroke put diamonds in the sea
And all because of the phosphorus there in quantity
I dug you diggin' me in Mexico

*taken from Cheryl Harleston's post on FB.

Time Goes Too Fast

It's June 2017. I moved closer to the village for the first time in years. It turned out to be a good move for me. I was closer to town and friends and did not have to walk all that way out to the ends of the Point. Due to some unforseen health issues, I needed to have better access to Isabel's beach and town.

I'm still hunting for the fab photos that were sent to me. I parked them somewhere and can't find them now! But, I will. Great pics taken by Mark Tedesco in the 70's. Brilliant photos of many residents. You will love them!

Hope you're keeping up with Tony Collins and his incredible stories, too. Amazing!