April 15, 2023 · 11:52 am

Magazine Feature

So would you believe that the Exploring Traditional Herbal Remedies in Mexico Series was featured in the April/May 2023 issue of The Edge Magazine? This is the cover. 

And my series is featured on this page, towards the back. See it there? EEEKK! How exciting!

If you’d like to take a closer look, you can read this issue and past issues in the digital archives HERE. 

The publisher is going to send me a copy of the issue so I can add it to my My Shelf Of High Achievements! (where all my author copies of my books are stored). 

My Shelf Of High Achievements!

Will the publicity sell more books? I can only hope! The Edge Magazine has a distribution of over 15,000 in the midwest US, so it’s no sneezing matter. Will books on Mexican herbalism appeal to the midwesterners? Well, I guess I’ll find out!

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Haven’t picked up your copy yet? Go ahead and order the Exploring Traditional Herbal Remedies in Mexico series and see what all the fuss is about!

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April 13, 2023 · 6:23 am

The Author and Artist Hour featuring Camille Flores

Well, I had an unexpected author interview just after my 50th birthday with the amazing Toni Lontis. If you’ve watched any of my previous attempts at interviews, you might have noticed my deer-in-headlights look. As an introvert, this sort of putting myself out there is nerve-wracking, to say the least. However, Toni knew this about me going in and worked her magic so that I didn’t feel the angst as I answered her sometimes difficult questions. Of course, I still had to spend several hours recharging my batteries after the interview, but I think it was worth it overall.

I did have some trouble with the earbuds my son lent me. They kept popping out randomly. In fact, the headshot of me at the introduction to the video has me holding my ear because the earbud was not staying put. Ahh! I could have worn my heavy-duty ear-muffer headset that I use to teach in, but I didn’t want to muss my hair. So if you see me fidgeting, that’s why. 

The first half of the interview is about my experiences as an American female expat and the books I wrote for the A Woman’s Survival Guide to Rural Mexico series. Although I’ve talked about most of these experiences publicly before, I suppose I hadn’t realized how much trauma I experienced and how long it’s taken to finally work my way into a life I love and be ok with those unpleasant episodes.

Then, the topic changed to herbs, and you already know that’s a subject that literally lights me up–everyone that’s seen the interview has commented on how my whole demeanor changed once I started talking about plants. Yeah, so that makes me a bit of a weirdo, but I’m ok with that. 

So if you have a mind to, you can watch the interview on Youtube:

Or you can listen to it as a podcast on Toni TV:

Toni TV

Or watch it on the Everyday Women’s Network:

Everyday Women’s Network

One more thing about working with Toni Lontis…I know there are women who read this blog that have stories to tell. Toni’s multi-media platform encompasses a wide range of services for women, including personal coaching, business promotion, author interviews like the one I did, and genuine connections (she can help you find the person you need in your life at the exact moment you need it).

I’d like to encourage those women to set up a call with Toni to see how your stories can find a voice so that we all can be heard. 

Book a Chat with Toni Lontis

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April 10, 2023 · 7:27 am

Staying Alive Bear-ly

Bear is feeling better!

So wouldn’t you know it, but Bear got sick. Of course, it was the weekend, and by the time Monday rolled around, he wasn’t able to keep any food down. Off to the town vet, we went.

Turns out he was running a fever because he had a parasite, respiratory, and eye infections all at once, poor guy. Although he may have picked up the infections on our walks, after all, coyotes, skunks, foxes, and other stray dogs wander about freely, it’s more likely he had these infections since we got him, and they just got worse because I didn’t know he had them. 

Bear wasn’t feeling well enough to grumble at the moto ride to town, the examination, the shots, or the waiting, although he was alert. The vet had a few signs for pets in adoption hanging up, some kittens, some chihuahuas, and two African albino hedgehogs. 

Every day for a solid week, Bear got a trip to town. During this period, Fuzz stopped eating for whatever reason, so he got a space capsule ride and an anti-parasite pill, just in case. The vet’s daughter made a fuss over him, which he loved, and he took the pill and swallowed it just for her. Whew!

By the following Monday, Bear was feeling better. He fussed a bit at the getting ready to go to town process, and while we waited, a googly-eyed pug stuck out his tongue at Bear, who barked back as if to say, “How rude.”

He got his first set of puppy vaccines and his own record book. The vet estimated he was about 5 months old.

Then George fell out of the second-floor window of my son’s house, and another round pet care began.

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Enjoy the ongoing animal adventures of one family when they move to central Mexico and try to figure it all out in the Animal Antics South of the Border series!

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