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Tepoztlan has been designated as a "Magic City", largely due to these unusual rock formations, the like of which are found in only a couple of other places in the world.

Here's an example of how The Bumpy Road philosophy shows up as offering opportunities for positive life change.

Adrian is good friend of mine and a neighbor in Tepoztlan. His help was invaluable in getting out my book--formatting, design, and editing. He is a Mexican who lived for a long time in the US, teaching film making at a University in San Francisco. The U went under, so he lost his job. His marriage failed, and he returned to his home in Tepoz, where he significantly changed his life. Now he lives with Rosario. They have four dogs and two cats. He does film and computer related work, but his REAL contribution, in my opinion, is raising funds and working with neighbors to grow food to share. 

Rosario

In the greenhouse: Adrian working with a neighbor.

Please give me some feedback on these writings--my memoir and blog--how do they affect you? Have you faced serious lifestyle challenges, and how did you overcome them?

Let's share how we have changed our lives for the better, sometimes as the result of adversity.

My aim here is to post regularly, offering lots of photos of Tepoztlan, the Magic Pueblo, where I have lived in central Mexico for the past 10 years--the streets, hangouts, friends, and especially the magic mountains.

The Bumpy Road work continues. I got now have a bar code (ISBN) and it will be available from Amazon by August. You can still get it from lulu.com (click on link on the right of this page). Although I have sold about 50 copies, I have not gotten much serious feedback, so please do so if you read it. Should I make it into a one man play?

Calle Cinco de Mayo in Tepoztlan, Mexico

Church on Cinco de Mayo

Eduardo--at a fiesta with the family next door

View from a hike

Some friends in Wmass, April 2013 trip.

Top to bottom: Wolf at NOHO presentation, Karen after lunch at Survival Center, Men's group at DeJa Brew.

And Dexter holding court at Rao's

How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival [Paperback]

David Kaiser

I just finished reading this book today--a truly fun read!

Significantly, on the same day I received the first 26 copies of my newly published book:

The Bumpy Road, A Memoir of Culture Clash Including Woodstock, Mental Hospitals, and Living in Mexico.

This is the beginning of my regular blog section.

My logo is a shell commonly found at Zipolite Beach in Oaxaca, Mexico, and is pictured on the right side of the page.

I've been going to Zipolite for the past four years during the Christmas holidays to play in the band: The Zipolite Beach Billies.

This shape is very important to me. The point represents to me the calm center of a cyclone. This symbolizes the still centered focus during meditation. From this point the shell swirls upwards and outwards in a Fibonaci progression, growing from within. It's like spiraling out from meditation to the whorl of life's activities. Periodically I return to the calm center to reflect and meditate.