Lila C Duville | Author

Shaved Haircut – Why I Finally Did it

I never thought I was going to write an article about hair. Me? The one who spent all her life with no fuss about her curls, just get up and go. I had 0 understanding for anyone who needed more than 5 minutes to fix …

Reaching for Pearls – Part 3

Rocio was relieved to have her car back. The repair had cost her most of her paycheck, and she and Luis had lived of quesadillas for a week, but at least she was free to move around town again. She hadn’t taken up Jax’s offer …

Reaching for Pearls – What’s Next for Rocio and Jax? – Publishing Schedule

Here comes a little publishing schedule for Rocio and Jax’s story. I already published Reaching for Pearls part 1 and part 2; and part 3 and 4 are coming up this week. I was asked to present a schedule, which I thought was a brilliant …

Reaching for Pearls – Part 2

The phone rang, once, twice … Rocio picked it up and looked at the screen. Jax … She hesitated, still unsure why she had given him her number. In case she got car trouble again sounded like a feeble excuse now, but when he said …

Reaching for Pearls – Part 1

This story has been on my mind for a long time, and instead of publishing it in a book, I thought I’d share it here on my website. Rocio and Jax’s is a love story between a local Mexican woman and an expat from New …

In Chains – A Poem Dedicated to Two Souls in Captivity

You probably already know from previous posts that I live at the tip of the Mexican Baja California Sur peninsula where the Sea of Cortez meets the Pacific Ocean. As beautiful and wild as it is here, there is cruelty hidden under this beauty. It’s …

Anne Boleyn: 500 Years of Lies – A Book Review

So much has been said about Anne Boleyn, so much has come to light in recent decades, and I have read and researched a lot about her. Then why did I pick up another book about her life? Well, I suppose I was lured by …

Achieve Your Goals in 2020

Resolutions are for everyday, not just for the new year. Although I also set my plans and goals for 2020, and I am determined to achieve them, we must remind ourselves that as the year goes on we must stay focused on our goals. 2020 …

Welcome 2020!

To shed the past of this last year and to welcome the new year, 2020, I wrote a poem. I awoke inspired, for I have a feeling that 2020 has much in store, much good. Over the last days of 2019 some bad things happened, …

A Poem About Fire

Over the last two days I have been very active on my land. Where is my land? If you’re new to my site, let me tell you that I live on a large lot in the southern tip of the Baja peninsula in Mexico, close …