Ruido Magazine, Issue 6

Well it's out there.

Helen did a great job of the layout, and the party in Rocke's bar was fun. Mind you, I was taking photos and video for the web page, so I couldn't just relax. But it's all up at the Ruido website.

And one of the raffled T shirts went unclaimed after they'd drawn three numbers, so Merche threw it into the crowd. I was very pleased with myself for catching it in mid air.


So that's the Ruido web site up to date - until I have to start work on getting the previous issue up. And I've blogged. So that just leaves learning about new telescopes, the translation, entertaining my son in the school holidays, the housework, the novel, saving the whales, reversing global warming, and bringing peace to the Middle East.

You, I'm really puzzled by people who say they've got nothing to do all day.

Still Hot

The weather was supposed to have got back to normal by now, but it's still too hot for my taste. All right – it's less hot. In fact it's just about perfect for lazing on the beach.

Me? I've been rushing around again.

I'm still taking little Sam to and from nursery. Actually this is a small job, and a rather nice one. I'd forgotten how nice it is to have one of your fingers clasped by a whole, tiny hand.

So what else did I do this morning? Well, I went to look at the patio furniture in a shop that's having a closing down sale. I saw something I liked, but it's not cheap, so I didn't want to buy it without consulting my husband. I popped into the bank. I did two loads of laundry and one load of the dishwasher. I bought beer at a wholesalers, and I took some more photos of the old manor house. It doesn't look any better by full daylight. And I updated the Ruido web-page.

Surprise, surprise, the wasn't a whole lot of morning left after that lot.

When we took Sam home after nursery, it was the hottest part of the day. Lou had a marvellous bit of lateral thinking – who says the water can only be outside the dinghy? And it wasn't long before Julio got in with Sam.

One thing led to another, and we wound up staying for lunch.

Which means that most of the rest of the afternoon will be taken up with homework. But it was worth it to have some fun.

All this fun!

Lately it's felt like all work and no play. I've been trying to catch up with a long translation job, keep up with the blogs, and get issue 4 of Ruido up on the website before last night's launch party. The trouble was, all three things were computer jobs, so I've sat in this chair far too much, and for the first time in my life I've had aching shoulders. Finishing the ironing pile and tidying up the guest room just enough didn't help.

It was really nice to finish up with Ruido in time to go out for a walk to Cancajos yesterday. We were just in time to catch the end of the classical concert. It was rather windy, so they'd moved from the promenade ampitheatre to just outside the Tourist Office. The light was lovely, so we went for a short walk along the sea-front.


We didn't get far before my son needed the loo, so we headed back to the shopping centre. Now our favourite cake shop had shut down some months ago, but we could see people up there, so we had to investigate. It's open again with new owners. Well of course we wanted to test, and I talked the others into having cream cake for dinner, just this once. Yup, the new people also make a great cream cake. They even have a lovely baby girl to coo at.

Then there was just time to go home, change, and go out to the Ruido fiesta. The first group - Susy Rodríguez and Pedro were good. The second group, No Rula, were great.
Concierto de No Rula


I took photos and video for the Ruido website, and you can see the best here. after the concert we ate kebabs and took a taxi home.