A Woman’s Perspective on Living in Mexico After Lyn and I left Oaxaca, we drove northeast to Puebla, skirted around Mexico City and spent two and a half days in Querétaro. It’s been less than two months since we made the trip, but at my age, memory fades rapidly. Although we liked Puebla, it isn’t […]
Continue ReadingWhat to do with those pesky cultural contradictions? For some people, taking the plunge and retiring in Mexico turns out to be a bit more than they can handle. New Yorkers, for example, often do not cope well with the laissez-faire attitude that seems to permeate Latin living. They can’t believe what they see with […]
Continue ReadingIn March 1998, when Andrew was 15 years old, we took our Mayan trip together. I decided to take him for that month, because his small school in Anchorage, Alaska, was going to the Galapagos Islands, and I chose a less structured, free-wheeling vacation for the two of us. Andrew has traveled with me since […]
Continue ReadingBack in the previous century, at about the time Albert Gore was inventing the internet, clean air, space stations and probably diet Coke, we got hooked on Lake Chapala. This was an era when Gordon Weaver had his literary license in the name of Michael Scott Long and used the word “paradise” to describe the […]
Continue ReadingI have had a vacation home in Acapulco since 1991, and love the city. There are many unknown opportunities there, and some pitfalls to avoid. There are things you can assume, and things you should not assume. YOU CANNOT ASSUME THAT ACAPULCO IS JUST AN OLDER VERSION OF CANCUN Cancun was created about thirty years […]
Continue ReadingI’m drifting away and feeling mighty fine about it, I don’t mind saying. For the last hour or so my brain’s been telling me to “Listen up. It’s the air and the breeze, stupid. Relax! Enjoy!” And I’m so far out of it that I actually speak to my inner voice, “Okay, all right, already!” […]
Continue ReadingIn this holiday season, I want to share an experience that truly demonstrates the spirit of Christmas. You wouldn’t believe the inventiveness, perseverance, kindness and generosity of Mexicans when somebody is in trouble. While recently traveling through Mexico, my friend Hart Cowley and I, Gerry Green, had stopped my van at the side of the […]
Continue ReadingDateline – Tlaxco, Tlaxcala, Mexico August 3, 1998 Night-shadows play over the weathered stone markers in the small abandoned graveyard. A soft breeze rustles the leaves of the tall camphor trees like spirits whispering in the darkness. Last night the ghost of Don Miguel was sighted again on the other side of the ravine. He […]
Continue ReadingMexicans are land conscious. The last revolution was largely about land ownership. Women like to own their own home. They usually start out by buying a lot, or someone gives them a lot, and then they take forever finishing their house. At first the family may be living in a two-room shack, such as you […]
Continue Reading“At the moment you are most in awe of all there is about life that you don’t understand, you are closer to understanding it all than at any other time.” Jane Wagner “Do you like living in Mexico? Are you happy here?” I look across the table at the man asking me this question. We […]
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