A date with the shady lady on Acapulco
Valentine's Day brought me face-to-face with the shady 'lady' hidden in Acapulco. Not only did I meet the 'lady'; I was mistaken for her!
Acapulco is one of Mexico's oldest coastal tourist destination...
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Inner versus outer qualities: My friendships with Mexican people
" Mexicans prize the individuality and the intellectual and emotional uniqueness of each person. They regard the innate alma or "spirit" of the individual as the most important of all human qualities a...
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Passion with the Mexican people
PASSION: According to the Random House College Dictionary it is "any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling." It is further defined as "a strong or extravagant fondness, enthusiasm or desire for any...
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From father to son: On top of the world in Mata Ortiz
"When I walked into the museum and saw my ceramic sitting there beside the plaque for the Galardón, I was astonished. I had had no idea I had been awarded the Grand Prize." José Quezada sat with his ...
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People I saw passing by
The streetlamp on any street,
in any city, sees so many people passing by...
Alberto Cortez
I live now in this junkyard. It is not such a bad life. The open sky, the s...
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Tarzana, my Mexican parakeet
Excerpt from a work in progress "Have Pets, Will Travel"
Curiosity can kill a cat, but in my case, it got me a parakeet.
When I first arrived in Mexico, everything fascinated me. In this particular c...
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