Living in Mexico: Remodeling my home and morning at the market
This morning, getting ready for my next vacation, I went to the Ajijic street market. I needed to stock up on dog food. I needed to make enough of it for a month!
I picked up three bags of mixed chopp...
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A House Far South in Mexico by Elaine Dandh
This is a reminiscence by Ms. Dandh about how she and her husband, Ken, retired and left their home in Massachusets and came and settled in Guadalajara. It's a month-by-month account of their first year of living in Mexico, getting to know the people and the place.
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The Crystal Frontier by Carlos Fuentes
The book consists of nine short narratives - stories, if you like - each one occurring in the hazy borderline between Mexico and America - what Fuentes chooses to call the crystal frontier.
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A village street party in Mexico
Last week my good friend celebrated her sixtieth birthday with a once-in-a lifetime street party near Six Corners in the Village of Ajijic. Linda moved here four years ago after a thirty-four year care...
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Up By Your Bootstraps
My Internet connection is down and I’m bored. I have a random collection of notes about life here in Mexico that is not logically connected, but I’ll try to weave them together somehow anyway.
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Wear Your Seatbelt In December
The last few weeks have been devoted to setting up housekeeping. Most of our efforts centered around buying furniture. It’s amazing how stressful life is when you don’t have a kitchen table to eat ...
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Evolution of a gourmet in Mata Ortiz, Mexico
Juan Mata Ortíz is a small village of potters, farmers and cowboys in Northern Chihuahua. About 30 years ago, an unschooled artistic genius, Juan Quezada, taught himself how to make ollas, eart...
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Michoacan, Guanajuato, and crafting dolls
Are you curious about the title? I thought I'd share my last month with you. Two of my lifetime friends came down for a visit. They stayed ten days and we took a four-day whirlwind tour through Patzcua...
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Education
Posted by alex in TJ on October 27, 1999
I noted a post by Jeff P. that calls out a very high literacy rate in Mexico. My personal observations confirm this: Mexicans who come from places that are...
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Life in Mexico: bugs, disease and puppy dog showers
One of my readers asked me to talk about bugs and diseases. These are simply my experiences or observations and they apply to the Chapala/Ajijic lakeside area south of Guadalajara. I'm sure different p...
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Reverse culture shock
Last month, my friend and I drove my Mazda MX6 back to California (yes, my third driving trip), so my son could sell the car for me. Other than illegal means, I had exhausted possibilities for selling ...
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Deluge in Guadalajara
On Monday, I took two friends with me to Guadalajara. My doctor gave me the address of a female Ob/Gyn who spoke English. It had been three years since I'd seen one and knew it was time for a mammogram...
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Mexico: a visit to Sayula, Zapotlanejo and Zapopan
Sayula
After having read an article in the local Guadalajara Reporter by a man who retired in Sayula, some friends and I decided to check it out. It's a nice-sized town with a population of about 200,...
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Mexico Living & Travel
Mexico Living and Travel © 1994 by Jean and John D. Bryant, Mexico
Retirement and Travel Assistance, P.O. Box 2190-23, Pahrump, NV 89041-2190.
ISBN 1-878061-01-1. $29.95
The Bryants are veteran ...
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Buying property in Mexico: Watch out for landmines
Anyone interested in purchasing land Lakeside has watched the prices skyrocket over the last two years. It's next to impossible to find single lots because the contractors are buying open land, subdivi...
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Work permits for Mexico: advice from an old hat
Work Permits: Advice from an old hat
By Julie Black © 1999 All Rights Reserved.
Ask no more. Yes, foreigners can legally work in Mexico, for any length of time, provided they obtain the required...
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From a man's perspective
This is an e-mail I received from Steve in Montana. He's given me permission to share it with you and I hope it will touch you in the same way it has me:
Dear Blue,
I have just concluded a wonderful ...
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Living in Mexico from A to Z: Part Two
M - Money, Medicine and Maids
Most expats here keep the majority of their money in Canada or the States; however, because of the recent peso devaluation, interest rates are high in the bank--33% last ...
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Living in Mexico from A to Z: Part One
These next two columns will share some dubious gems of wisdom, organized alphabetically. My editor (are you listening, David?), limits the number of words for each column, so you'll have to wait until ...
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Flag Day in a Mexican school: Day of the abanderamiento
I'm sitting behind a small desk in the English department of a Ciudad Juárez politécnico - a sort of combination senior vocational high school cum junior college - across the Rio Grande from E...
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Learning the ropes in Mata Ortiz
Juan Mata Ortíz is a small village of potters, farmers and cowboys in Northern Chihuahua. About 30 years ago, an unschooled artistic genius, Juan Quezada, taught himself how to make earthenware jars i...
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Power surge
Over and over and over this is all I hear. It would appear that this noise means that my uninterruptable power supply is currently being interrupted.
Click-clack, click-clack.
Click-clack, click-clac...
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Liliana, mi corazoncita
Corazoncita, or little heart, is a Mexican expression of affection, similar to 'sweetheart'. This is a story of my first visit to Mexico, and how a sweet, little Mexican girl became mi corazonci...
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In Mata Otriz: Once, we were so poor
Juan Mata Ortíz is a small village of potters, farmers and cowboys in Northern Chihuahua. About 30 years ago, an unschooled artistic genius, Juan Quezada, taught himself how to make earthenware jars i...
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After all, This Is Mexico
I'm sitting behind a small desk in the English department of a Ciudad Juárez politécnico -- a sort of combination senior vocational high school cum junior college -- across the Rio Grande from...
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