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We who live in stone houses are arrogant about fire

We went to a pre-NYE party on Saturday night, there was a lovely dinner. The next day though, I started getting sick to my stomach. Apparently a couple of others who also ate the salad were sick as well. It can happen, I just wish it hadn’t happened on NYE and to me.

The [...]

Pedro Infante, like Elvis but in Spanish

I’ve been meaning to write a post about Pedro Infante (1917 – 1957) for a long time. My friend Nancy wrote one recently and it reminded me.

Last semester in my spanish class we read a book called Las Batallas en el Desierto by José Emilio Pacheco. It’s a great book, very short, [...]

stupid is as stupid does

I made a huge mess of our visa renewals, I did it all by myself and there is no one else to blame. That makes it almost worse, I’m frustrated and I can’t get mad at anyone but myself. So, this is how NOT to renew your visa.

First of all, our friend Barry [...]

things change

Years ago you had to inspect any change you got in Mexico very carefully to make sure none of the bills were ripped, torn, patched or written on. If they were, it was very hard to spend them. I remember having one bill refused because someone (probably a bank) had written an account [...]

By the way, I’m legal

With all the excitement from the burglaries, I forgot to tell you about my trip to Akumal to get legal. Not me personally, I do have my visa so I’m a legal resident. However, our truck was a very fuzzy area. Sometime last year we left it parked on the street overnight and didn’t [...]

you can’t get there from here

A real town and a real sign, somewhere on a road to Ticul in the outback of the state of Yucatán.

I love language mangled signs but this one, well.. it’s the best I’ve seen so far. Thanks to my friend Sheila who gave me** the picture and Alexander White who was the [...]

La Morenita, Emperatriz de las Américas

I am an atheist, but I can appreciate the solace of religion and I have great respect for that and for faith that I see in others. My friend Croft had a great quote on his blog the other day – there are few facts involved in religion. I’ve very little respect for [...]