Day: January 20, 2015

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Low Tide

The tide was especially low today, giving us a lot more beach!

I love shoals like these that have just a shimmer of water over them.

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You can see how high the tide came today.

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I live here!

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When I came in, Dale popped over so I could print some things for her and then we went to the El Velero restaurant so she could buy me a beer as a thank you.

Two beers were only 30 pesos! I covered the tip and also bought an empanada from a beach vendor. They were fresh out of the oven, still warm, and smelled heavenly. A pineapple one was just 20 pesos. The crust was flaky like pie and the filling was akin to pineapple jam. I hadn’t had much lunch, so it really hit the spot. I’m glad I took a chance on one and supported a local business!

Tomorrow is Dale’s last day here before she leaves for Gringoland. I will miss her. 🙁 I’m glad I’ve learned how to ride the bus because I can get to her door and back home again for a mere 36 pesos total. It’ll also be easy for her to meet me at the Mercado or Plazuela Machado. We’re not ready to say farewells just yet!

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Why I Don’t Have a PayPal ‘Donate’ Button On My Blog

I’m frequently asked why I don’t have a PayPal ‘donate’ button on my blog. The answer is simple, PayPal doesn’t allow the button to be used for anything but charitable purposes.  As I wrote in my How You Can Support This Site post, I don’t consider donations to the blog to be charity and PayPal certainly wouldn’t, so there goes the donation button option! Unfortunately, their donate button is the only one that allows the purchaser to set their own price.

I was going to leave it at that, but I’ve gotten a lot of requests for the donation buttons over the years and I’ve figured out a workaround.

As many of you know, I’ve written a number of ebooks. If you go to my ebooks page, you’ll notice that I have a number of ‘add to cart’ buttons. These come from my online store manager. I was able to go there and create a product called ‘support this site’ and get an add to cart button that will take you to a page where you can put in a donation amount and then checkout by PayPal. You can find this button at the top of my updated How You Can Support This Site post.