BajaNomad

More like a life report

woody with a view - 9-1-2013 at 08:40 PM

Very nice! You are one lucky SOB...... Great planning!

tripledigitken - 9-1-2013 at 08:42 PM

Frank,

Great blog you have started. I just bookmarked it, keep it up please!

Ken

Terry28 - 9-1-2013 at 09:44 PM

Dude, So far you seem to be telling my story...and a lot better than I ever could....please continue.........

rhintransit - 9-2-2013 at 05:56 AM

four stars

DianaT - 9-2-2013 at 06:02 AM

A great beginning --- your new life and your writings. I look forward to reading more.

THANKS

Curt63 - 9-2-2013 at 07:06 AM

Thanks for sharing. Great stuff. I bookmarked it.

Lee - 9-2-2013 at 07:12 AM

No doubt you made the right move, Frank. Outstanding.

shari - 9-2-2013 at 09:39 AM

Very impressive blog Frank...I really enjoyed your writing stlye and the topic is so important....great message....great blog....do you mind if I share it?

24baja - 9-2-2013 at 11:42 AM

Soulpatch, excellant read!! We will be joining your retired ranks in 2.5 years and will be in BOLA hopefully 9 months out of the year. Look forward to meeting you someday.

elgatoloco - 9-2-2013 at 12:40 PM

Living the dream you guys are!

"I have worked hard for and been given the opportunity to have this rich life and it is a responsibility I take seriously."

Words to live by!!

What a wonderful life adventure you guys are on. Your wife is a very good writer. It will be fun to read your kids blog in a couple of decades.

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Originally posted by shari
Very impressive blog Frank...I really enjoyed your writing stlye and the topic is so important....great message....great blog....do you mind if I share it?


Thank you Shari... as far as sharing it?
HELL yeah! Share away.... this is a new path for me and I figure I have a few more decades to refine it....
My writing style is pretty raw... it pops into my head and I bang it out with minimal editing.... I find when I overthink things just go not quite right......:light:

Also, check out my wife's blog and, if you feel compelled to do so, share away!
Los O'Gradys

BajaLuna - 9-6-2013 at 10:27 AM

I read through your blog the other night, and just wanted to pop on here today to say, "Wow, you are a very gifted writer, authentic"! And such a powerful message!

Raw= authentic, honest, coming straight from center! And that's a beautiful thing!

I look forward to reading your future streams of consciousness!

Keep it up!!

BajaGeoff - 9-6-2013 at 11:44 AM

Excellent Frank...your words are very inspiring!

Yellowtail_Fever - 9-23-2013 at 04:53 PM

Yep, it's a good read. It really must be good to get to a part of life where you can say things and you don't always have to tone or just not say it because it might impact you career or family in some way that you didn't intend. I'll check back in on it from time to time. Thanks.

DianaT - 9-24-2013 at 09:48 AM

Enjoying your blog---- love that view of Matzalan! In the past, we have stayed at the La Siesta above El Shrimp Bucket in that same area. The old part of Matzalan was beautiful and and I wonder how much it has changed.

Keep up the great writing, and yes, sometime write about those painful experiences. It would be good to write about them.

tripledigitken - 9-24-2013 at 10:51 AM

Enjoying your blogg! Nice job with the photos too.

No complaints on the salty lingo here.

Ken

DENNIS - 12-6-2013 at 02:01 PM

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Day 4......morning

Had to take a hiatus for a bit but if anyone is interested I am starting up again.


I am. Welcome back, Frank.

Osprey - 12-6-2013 at 07:00 PM

Great stuff Frank. I think 100s on this forum feel themselves riding along with you because they've got similar Tshirts and because you have a gift for painting clear and clever word pictures. Keep em coming.

El Jefe - 12-7-2013 at 10:35 AM

From one retiredfirefighterinmexico to another. Well done Brother!

EVERY day I pinch myself as I look out on the sea, so thankful for the good choices I have made that bring me and my sweetheart to this paradise.

Your writing is wonderful. I look forward to seeing what you write about your experiences seeing the personal suffering that I too have witnessed more than enough of. I used to say that as firefighters we "see things people shouldn't outta' see." But then we are given the gift of being able to do something about it and make it better. Good stuff that.

BajaBlanca - 12-7-2013 at 11:35 AM

what a wonderful style and what fun to read!

my favorite pic is of your kids running to you at the airport ....

capoeira ??? in Mexico ?? where does that fit in ?

keep writing, it's great.