UNA FOTO / UN DIA: DESCUIDADO [without caution]

photo caption: caution sign, San Juan ferry dock, Catano, PR


To: Steve - Prague, CZ
From: Jan - Santa Olaya, PR

Steve:


Have you ever read Steinbeck's "Travels with Charley"? I'm reading it now, in short doses, between other things. Charley is Steinbeck's poodle who reminds me of my friend Fred's dog, both now living in Oaxaca, MX. I'm picturing them while I'm reading. The book is a record of Steinbeck's three month trip around the US, starting in Sag Harbor, north to Maine, west across the northern reaches, south along the California coast, east through Texas, with a stop in New Orleans, then north along the West Virginia mountains and ending back in New York City. Fred read this book last December while driving from NYC to Oaxaca. He had his french poodle with him. Fred's dog is a near duplicate of Steinbeck's.

from page 60:

A long time ago I was in the ancient city of Prague and at the same time Joseph Alsop, the justly famous critic of places and events, was there. He talked to informed people, officials, ambassadors; he read reports, even the fine print and figures, while I in my slipshod manner roved about with actors, gypsies, vagabonds. Joe and I flew home to America in the same plane, and on the way he told me about Prague, and his Prague had no relation to the city I had just seen and heard. It just wasn't the same place, and yet each of us was honest, neither one a liar, both pretty good observers by any standard, and we brought home two cities, two truths.


J.Galligan
75GRAND/SUR
Santa Olaya, PR

UNA FOTO / UN DIA: Esta poco firme una cosa en su estado

picture caption: on a spree: 1) Caguas, PR  2) Bayamon-sur, PR


From: galligan - Santa Olaya, PR
To: Fred - Oaxaca, MX
Subject: Otra libro


Fred:

Have you ever read Steinbeck's "Travels with Charley"? I'm reading it now, in short doses, between other things. I'd just recently heard about it somewhere and last week made an order via Amazon which showed up Friday in our mailbox. Fast, efficient, painless. They have a tool on their website for calling in questions. You enter your phone number and they call you in about 15 seconds. 10 more on hold for a sales assistant and in under a minute, your question is answered.

Charley is Steinbeck's poodle who reminds me of your dog. I picture you and him as I'm reading. The book is a record of a three month trip around the US, starting in Sag Harbor, north to Maine, west across the northern reaches, south along the California coast, east through Texas, with a stop in New Orleans, then north along the West Virginia mountains and ending back in New York City.

On page 50 he writes:

In Spanish there is a word for which I can't find a counter word in English. It is the verb vacilar, present participle vacilando. It does not mean vacillating at all. If one is vacilando, he is going somewhere but doesn't greatly care whether or not he gets there, although he has direction. My friend Jack Wagner has often, in Mexico, assumed this state of being. Let us say we wanted to walk in the streets of Mexico City but not at random. We would choose some article almost certain not to exist there and then diligently try to find it.


from my Spanish/English dictionary:

vacilar: Mex. to go on a spree; unhesitatingly

J.Galligan
75GRAND/SUR
Santa Olaya, PR

UNA FOTO / UN DIA: bucket list

photo caption: two page spread - telephone chat advertisement, El Nuevo Dia


--REMEMBER THOSE BUSHES THAT NEED TRIMMING ALONG THE EDGE OF THE PROPERTY?  ASKS LILLIAN.

--UH-HUH.

--THINK YOU CAN TRIM THEM TODAY?

--IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE! FIRE ANTS, GIANT BEETLES, SNAKES, RATS, STINGING PLANTS, POISONOUS PLANTS AND WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE...

--WELL, THEY DO NEED TRIMMING.

--COULD I HAVE A BEER?

--I'LL PUT ONE ON ICE.

--O.K.


J.Galligan
75GRAND/SUR
Santa Olaya, PR

UNA FOTO / UN DIA: lista par hacer

photo caption: window, calle Ashford on the Condado, San Juan, PR

--DO YOU THINK YOU COULD TRIM THOSE BUSHES ALONG OUR DRIVEWAY TODAY? ASKS LILLIAN.

 


--WELL, I ALREADY CHOPPED DOWN TWO TREES, DUG A DITCH AND DRILLED MANY HOLES IN THE CEMENT WALLS.

 

--O.K. IT CAN WAIT. WOULD YOU LIKE A BEER?

J.Galligan
75GRAND/SUR
Santa Olaya, PR

UNA FOTO / UN DIA: Causa sensacion en las festividades

photo caption: The Magic Scissor - former beauty parlor, Catano, PR


IN CATANO TO CATCH FERRY TO OLD SAN JUAN FOR FESTIVAL CALLE SABASTIAN

 

-- LOOKS LIKE TWO THOUSAND OTHER PEOPLE HAD THE SAME IDEA, SAYS LILLIAN.

-- LETS GET A BEER.


 

--WHAT DO THEY CALL THIS MUSIC?

--REGGAETON, SAYS LILLIAN.

--LETS GET FUNKY!


 


--HOW MANY PEOPLE DOES THE FERRY HOLD?

--ABOUT 200, SAYS LILLIAN.

--HOW LONG BETWEEN TRIPS?

--20 MINUTES.

--WANNAOTHER BEER?


 


--I'M HUNGRY, SAYS LILLIAN.

--ME TOO. LET'S GET A MOFONGO.

--WASN'T THAT THE NAME OF ROBERT SIETSEMA'S BAND BACK IN THE 70s?

--YES. HE NAMED THEM AFTER A DISH HE'D FOUND AT A CUBAN-CHINESE RESTAURANT, AROUND THE CORNER FROM HIS APARTMENT ON 14TH AND AVE. B.

--WANT TO HAVE TOSTONES TOO? I ASK.

--NO. THAT'S REDUNDANT.

 

 

 

--DOS PLATOS DE MOFONGO. UN CON MARISCO Y UN CON CAMARONES.

--Y DOS CERVAS MAS, POR FAVOR.

--HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU THINK COME TO THIS STREET FESTIVAL? ASKS LILLIAN.

--THE NEWSPAPER SAID OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND.


 

 

 


--WHAT TIME IS THE LAST FERRY BACK TO CATANO? ASKS LILLIAN.

--I DON'T KNOW. I FORGOT TO ASK.

--UH-OH.

--IS THE MOON FULL?

--NOT QUITE. ONLY ABOUT FOUR-FIFTHS.


J.Galligan
75GRAND/SUR
Santa Olaya, PR

UNA FOTO / UN DIA: ON THE BEACH - PUNTA PARAISO

photo caption: Paradise Ice Chest, parking lot, Bayamon, PR


EMPANADAS DE BACALAO, POLLO, Y CONEJO, CON SANGRIA DE SANGRE DE CAIMAN DE PEZ OSCAR


--I FORGOT THE BEACH CHAIRS

--YOU IDIOT, SAYS LILLIAN

--MY BAD

 


--WAIT A MINUTE, LILLIAN SAYS, I'D NEVER SAY THAT.

--NO, YOU'RE RIGHT. SORRY.

--THAT'S OK.

--WANNANOTHER DRINK?

 


--ISN'T THE SUNSET BIUTIFUL?

--YES, IT IS.

J.Galligan
75GRAND/SUR
Santa Olaya, PR

UNA FOTO / UN DIA: LOST [highlights]

Get lost with LOOSE. Stranded on an island, two people from upstate New York must band together if they are to get home, get groceries, or even get where they want to go. Experience non-stop excitement and the mystery of everyday life in the middle of an island jungle. Includes unexplained flashbacks...

[highlights]

SEASON ONE, THE BEGINNING

1. The Pilot
September 22, 2010
A plane ride leaves them stranded in the jungle on an island.


2. Pilot Part 2 [HD]
September 29, 2010
Jan reveals a secret to Lillian.


3. Tabula Rasa [HD]
October 6, 2010
Lillian flashes back to when she was in Albany.


4. Walkabout [HD]
October 13, 2010
A shocking secret is revealed


7. The Month [HD]
November 3, 2010
A struggle.


8. Have Confidence, Man [HD]
November 10, 2010
In flashback we hear a story.

9. Solitary [HD]
November 14, 2010
We flash back to a childhood friend.


10. Raised by A Mother [HD]
December 1, 2010
Flashbacks reveal the backstory.


11. All The Best Cowboys Have a Daddy [HD]
December 8, 2010
Another island mystery.

14. Special [HD]
January 19, 2011
They enlist Shanan to decipher French.

16. Outlaws... [HD]
February 16, 2011
A connection is revealed in a flashback.


17. ...In Translation [HD]
February 23, 2011
A surprising revelation.


18. Numbers [HD]
March 2, 2011
Flash back to the experience he had before.


19. Deus Ex Machina [HD]
March 30, 2011
Being sent a sign on how to get there.


20. Dodo Harm [HD]
April 6, 2011
Deep in the forest.

22. Born To Rain [HD]
May 11, 2011
A secret is revealed to others on the island.


23. Exodus Part 1 [HD]
May 18, 2011
A French woman shows up.


24. Exodus Part 2 [HD]
May 25, 2011
Something unexpected.


25. Exodus Part 3 [HD]
May 25, 2011
The visitor to could be a threat.

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SEASON SIX, THE FINAL SEASON.


2. Exodus, Part 6
February 2, 2012
The aftermath is revealed.


3. What He Does
February 9, 2012
Jan must do something.


4. The Substitute
February 16, 2012
In search of help.


5. Lights on in the House
February 23, 2012
An unspecified mission.


6. Sun goes down Every Night
March 2, 2012
A warning.


7. Dr. Linus Pauling and Vitamin C
March 9, 2012
A lie.


8. Recon
March 16, 2012
A mission.


9. Ab Aeterno (Pilates for two)
March 23, 2012
A decision.


10. The Package
March 30, 2010
A seach for each other.


11. Happily Ever After
April 6, 2012
Jan wakes up and realizes he's back on the island.


12. Everybody Loves Hugo, except Hugo's mother
April 13, 2012
What the next move should be.


13. The Last Recruit
April 20, 2012
Alliances are forged and combined.

14. The Candidate
May 4, 2012
Jan must decide.


15. Across the Sea
May 11, 2010
Motives are explained.

16. What They Tried For
May 18, 2012
A new strategy.


17. The End, is just the Beginning
May 23, 2012
A plan goes into action.


[thanks to the Wood family of Port Washington, WI for season one, reference material]


J.Galligan
75GRAND/SUR
Santa Olaya, PR

UNA FOTO / UN DIA: Habichuelas Criada 2/1.00

photo caption: (left) Jack Delano photograph in interurban train station, San Juan, PR (right) supermarket newspaper advertisement

Jack Delano Biography (concise)

Delano was born as Jacob Ovcharov in the Ukraine and moved, with his parents and younger brother, to the United States in 1923. He studied graphic arts, photography, music and solfeggio. Awarded an art scholarship for his talents, he attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts where he studied illustration and continued his musical training. Delano was awarded the Kesson traveling fellowship which took him to Europe where he bought a camera and got interested in photography.

He traveled to Puerto Rico in 1941 as a part of the Farm Security Administration documentary project. This trip had such a profound influence that he settled there permanently in 1946.

With his wife Irene he worked in the Community Division of the Department of Public Education producing films including "Los Peloteros," a Puertorrican film about poor rural kids and their love for baseball. Jack Delano's musical compositions include works of every type: orchestral, ballet, chamber, choral and solo vocal. His vocal music often showcases Puertorrican poetry, especially the works of friend and collaborator Tomás Blanco. His score for the film "Desde las Nubes" demonstrates an early use of electronic technique. His works composed after he moved to Puerto Rico are notable for the use of folk material in a classical form.

J.Galligan
75GRAND/SUR
Santa Olaya, PR

UNA FOTO / UN DIA: TOP 7 POSTINGS FOR 2010

photo caption: Relecting your Inspiration, men's room mirror, Miramar, PR

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UNA FOTO / UN DIA: TELEFONOS DE PRT PARA SERVICIOS
Aug 17
God says, "Let me get this straight."

UNA FOTO / UN DIA: ART REVIEW EXCERPT
Sep 05
"Kerouac said if you own a rug, you have too much stuff." Ken Johnson

UNA FOTO / UN DIA: DESESPERACION
Sep 20
Richard Prince's "Cowboys" poster, Paco's Tacos, Punta Salinas, PR

UNA FOTO / UN DIA: IDIOMAS
Sep 29
Javier Marias: Your Face Tomorrow, Poison, Shadow and Farewell


UNA FOTO / UN DIA: from the fred re: MEXICO
Oct 15
photo caption: Shortcut to Mexico


UNA FOTO / UN DIA: Email INBOX
Nov 03
Meryl Jumpower on retirement


UNA FOTO / UN DIA: RIMES CON CONEJO
Nov 30
What rhymes with conejo?

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J.Galligan
75GRAND/SUR
Santa Olaya, PR

UNA FOTO / UN DIA: OPTIMISTA o PESIMISTA?

photo caption: town square, Caguas, PR


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On New Year's Eve, Jan was in no shape to drive, so he sensibly left the car parked and walked home.

As he was wobbling along, he was stopped by a policeman.

'What are you doing out here at 4 AM?' asked the police officer.

'I'm on my way to a lecture.'

'Who on earth, in their right mind, is going to give a lecture at this time on New Year's Eve?' enquired the constable sarcastically.

'My wife,' slurred Jan.


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Lillian was taking an afternoon nap on New Year's Eve before the festivities. After she woke up, she confided to her husband, 'I just dreamed that you gave me a diamond ring for a New Year's present. What do you think it all means?'

'Ah, you'll know tonight,' he answered smiling broadly.

At midnight Jan approached and handed her small package.

Delighted and excited she opened it quickly.

There in her hand a book: "The Interpretation of Dreams".


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On New Year's Eve, when I thought about the evils of drinking, I gave up thinking.


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The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass.

The trouble with swimming is that the ice melts.

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Oh my Dear, Forget ur Fear
Let ur Dreams be Clear
Never put Tear, Please Here
I want tell one thing in ur Ear
Wish u very Happy "NEW YEAR"


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An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in.
A pessimist stays up to make sure the old one leaves.


J.Galligan
75GRAND/SUR
Santa Olaya, PR