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Son readers:

Woody was a long board surfer, one of the original surfers in Sayulita and a close friend. He also had a band that played and partied hard. One day, Woody came to me and said that he'd had a close call. He'd thought he'd had a lump under his arm and feared that it was cancer. He'd just found out that it was an ingrown hair. We both were overjoyed. Then, a few weeks later, he found out that he did, in fact, have cancer and that it had entered through his sky-blue eyes.

Woody had always sat on the wall in front of La Casa de Arcos y Olas. Just in front of where he sat, a little shrub was growing. It was just a few leafs and a foot-high stick for a trunk. I decided to pour the water to it and see if it could grow into a living memorial for Woody. You can see the final result towering above you just to the south of La Casa and north of the green pre-fab Rubio place.

Enjoy it's shade and think of Woody the next time you are beaching it.

Mike Crill

WAKE UP AND SMELL THE PLASTIC--
IT’S TIME TO STOP BURNING GARBAGE

By Ed Schwartz, basura reporter

Something I didn’t realize when we bought a house in Sayulita; that burning garbage is some kind of rite (or right). Or, maybe it’s just a hobby. Now that we have garbage collection, you think this burning basura business might have stopped, but, no, it seems to have proliferated, i.e., become worse, and the burning happens to also burn my butt.
From our house, the smoke comes from three sides. A lot of it is plastic, so I can see the stuff floating into our palapa and heading up my nostrils and down my lungs. What doesn’t go into my lungs goes on my head, the floor, the furniture and the stove. In addition to plastic, a lot of it is garbage and some of it is underbrush. Interestingly, my neighbors burn the garbage not on their lots, but the empty lots next door to them. It seems a touch ironic.
While the long term effects on my lungs may not be known, the falling stuff does affect my current life. First, it affects my ability to frame my artwork. As soon as I clean one side of the glass, stuff is falling. I clean one side and the other side has tiny white bits of debris. Yes, I know, someone will tell me that burning garbage is just the way it is and that I should get used to it. But, it is not good for anyone to breathe this white crap. It’s not good for the burners, the victims and the animals that have to inhale it.
The other thing is worse. The white crap, also known as pollution, falls into my computer keyboard and, all of a sudden, one letter starts repeating across my screen, whizzing by. So, I have to take my keyboard and hit it on my lap a few times and watch the white crap fall out. This inhibits my ability to write.
Some might say that inhibiting my ability to write is a good thing. That’s a matter of opinion. What does matter is that there is no reason to burn garbage, so pass the word around that burning garbage stinks. The name of this town is Sayulita, not Smellyourlitter. Dig it?