Ambulat

The last few months have been a real whirlwind.

Between life itself and having a new member in my family, time has the tendency to evaporate.

In the reading front my progress has been decent (given the circumstances) ,but not to my complete satisfaction.

A couple of weeks back we had the opportunity to take a small road trip to the city of Casas Grandes ( about 170 miles southwest from Ciudad Juarez, my hometown) and it gave me a chance to reconnect, to unwind and refocused.

Being surrounded by the mighty desert and exploring the ruins of the majestic lost city of Paquime with my beloved wife and my amazing kids This will always have a positive effect on my mood. And to top it off staying in a charming B & B, well that just made this that much more special.

WP_000124 — A shot from the museum in Paquime

WP_000126 — A shot from an interior garden in the museum of Paquime

WP_000128 — A scale model depicting how Paquime was originally build.

WP_000150 — An interior courtyard in the museum of Paquime.

WP_000151 — The interior patio from the B&B “Las Guacamayas”

WP_000152 — A shot of the rooms at the B&B “Las Guacamayas”

WP_000153 — A shot of the interior Patio at the B&B “Las Guacamayas”

This trip got me thinking about my reading goal and the direction of this blog.

It gave me the idea of starting a couple of new sections.

The first one I’m going to call it “Ambulat” which is a derivation of a greek word that means “to walk”. It’s main purpose is creating a space to share my little road trips around my region, and eventually, here’s to hoping,around the world.

The second one I’m going to call it “200 day march” starting on march 28 I have exactly 200 days left until the end of the seventh year of this project. The idea is to push myself and reach the gargantuan task of reading 50,000 pages. Wish me luck. This will be follow by daily progress entry.

So to catch up to speed here are some quick numbers

Total Pages : 157,323 pages

For year seven : 8,235 pages down 41,765 pages to go

Days left until the end of Lost in a Million Pages: 5,909 days

As of now I’m working on this three bad boys, pretty awesome each in their own accord.

I have a long weekend ahead, that only can mean one thing, BINGE READING!!!!

Happy readings

It’s good to be back

azr

During down time I had the opportunity to travel to the second largest city of Mexico, Guadalajara.

For most of the time things were relax and slow.

I mostly dedicated time to reading, eating and drinking.

One thing I really enjoy was some craft beers that, by accident, I stumble upon. Most of them were mexican and the rest british.

2013-01-01 11.03.44 — From Left to Right: Newcastle Brown Ale, Hobgoblin, Calavera Dubbel de Abadía, Cucapá Clásica, Calavera American Pale Ale, Hidalgo Stout, Poe Brown Ale and Calavera Tripel de Abadía

As you can see in the picture above they were a few, but as my philosophy goes somebody had to drink them. The ones I enjoy the most were the Newcastle Brown Ale, Hobgoblin, Poe Brown Ale and Calavera American Pale Ale.

The other thing that required me getting out of bed was going to visit the house/studio of the famous mexican muralist José Clemente Orozco and believe me it was worth it. The house/studio only has one of his mural, it was originally made for a restaurant. When it closed the family bought it back.

There was also a temporary exhibition from another artist.

As I walk the house the caretaker told me that to really enjoy his work I should visit “Hospicio Cabañas” where he painted a massive mural in the former chapel of what used to be a shelter for orphan children.

The mural is an impressive work, and experts say that is the culmination of the artist themes . There are no words to describe it, so better judge by the pictures

It leaves you simply breathless to witness such raw power and execution. I’m not going even to attempt to describe it, words won’t do it justice.

On christmas eve I receive a very pleasant gift. My beautiful wife bought me some old vinyl records.

So I see a weekend full of music, excessive caffeine intake and of course lots of reading.

For now back to reading books No.2 and No.3

Tag: Ambulat

The 7 months hiatus and the brewing of new projects.

José Clemente Orozco and the craft beer (background music included)

The Road to 1,000,000 pages