Recent columnist articles
Tianguis: itinerant traders in a traveling Mexican market
In Talpa, we have tianguis or street markets. Every two weeks, venders come from Guadalajara with their trucks loaded with fresh vegetables and fruit, herbs, ornate plants, cell phones, hair dryers and CD players. We can buy a galvanized milk can or rubber boots to wear in the milking lot. There are clay bean pots, stone metates for grinding the spices for savory salsas and machetes to clear the path through the woods.
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Ask an old gringo, Part 8
Question: Is Mexico a religious country? Answer: More yes than no. Statistics say the country is 96 per cent Catholic. Like a lot of others, some Mexicans don't practice what they preach. From observat...
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Ponytail palm, croton and dwarf poinciana
Ponytail palm, croton and dwarf poinciana: Common names, scientific names, use and care, cultivation and propagation tips, flowering habits, history and little-known facts for the curious tourist or resident.
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Sacred places around us: Is Talpa a "power place"?
On the way to Oregon: Adventurers settle on Mexico's Bay of Banderas
An adventurous English couple builds a boat, sails toward Oregon to buy horses, but settles on Mexico's Bay of Banderas in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle where they run a restaurant and promote Huichol art.
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Cejas and the great escape: Dog rescue in Tijuana
Grading and drainage in Lake Chapala real estate
The rules are different for Lake Chapala real estate – the elevation of the house and how the surrounding gardens and street are graded can affect the quality of your home.
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From Talpa to Puerto Vallarta in the 1800s
Mexconnect readers know by now that March is the month when everybody who can walk, walks to Talpa. It has become a tradition that has been passed down from generation to generation. The new short-cut ...
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Colima orphanage runs on faith
Through the years, Colima, Colima meant volcano views, small sacks of sea salt, classy museums, pretty parks, souvenir casts and carvings of hairless dogs -- and another hour to the beach. ¡No más! T...
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Juanita and the president: Obama's Mexican connection
Juanita, newly arrived from Zacatecas, and who has no reason in the world to make things up, admitted to being in love with the new American President.
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