Lynette Yetter

Lynette Yetter is a Californian of mixed European and Native American ancestry, a graduate student at Reed College, an SGI Buddhist and a permanent resident of Bolivia. Lynette makes music, movies, books and art to inspire you. You can check out her work on lynetteyetter dot com.

The sound of the panpipes called Lynette from California to Bolivia, where she's been a resident since 2002. It felt like coming home. While living her dream of playing panpipes with indigenous Quechua and Aymara friends, chewing the sacred coca leaf and sharing a simpler way of life in Latin America, the harsh realty of globalized U.S.-supported human rights abuses often disrupted that idyllic quest. These experiences inspired her to write the novel "Lucy Plays Panpipes for Peace." Reading this book shines light on indigenous culture in the Andes of Peru and Bolivia in a globalized world and offers hope for the future.

Back in California, after several people in Lynette's extended circle committed suicide over financial worries, she felt compelled to write her second book "72 Money Saving Tips for the 99%." In a cheery upbeat tone she shares tips she learned mainly from indigenous people on how to live more simply and sustainably with our Mother Earth, Pachamama. Most people in the world have been living with a lot less stuff that most folks in the US. And often (of course not always) are happier.