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A charra dressed as a China Poblana © Dale Hoyt Palfrey 2007

September 14, Day of the Charro

August 25, 2020August 28, 2020 Tony5581Leave a Comment on September 14, Day of the Charro

Gallery: September 14, Day of the Charro (Photos by Dale Hoyt Palfrey) The Day of the Charro, celebrated on September 14 in Mexico, oft times is overshadowed by the multitudinous fiestas, speeches and fireworks celebrating Independence Day on September 16. In his elegant costume and wide sombrero, the charro is a cowboy but also a gentleman. With […]

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Herbs in a botica or yerberia in Amarillo are sold by the ounce or bag, and the price of the herb will include advice from the yerbero who will specify what quantity of the herb to use and how to take it. The most common form is herbal teas. In other cases the herb may be applied directly to the affected area. © John G. Gladstein, 2010

Mexican folk remedies

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March is the month Talpa de Allende receives hundreds of thousands of visitors who come to pay homage to the little twenty inch tall image of Our Lady of the Rosary, also known affectionately as La Chaparrita (the short one). They come from all parts of Mexico and most of them come walking, at least […]

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Seeing my Mexico surroundings

June 19, 2020 Tony757Leave a Comment on Seeing my Mexico surroundings

There’s a tale that has floated through my family for many years. It seems that my great-aunt Tillie was having some vision problems. We didn’t know about macular degeneration in Aunt Tillie’s day, but that’s what it was. Back then they just said, “Aunt Tillie’s blind as a bat.” “Why, she can’t even see the […]

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Walking to Talpa in March

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They are called romerías or peregrinaciones, and the people who make them are usually called peregrinos. They are pilgrims coming to pay homage to Our Lady of the Rosary of Talpa, and they come by the thousands at this time of the year. March 19th is celebrated as St. Joseph’s Day, and as you may know, all these religious holidays are […]

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November in Talpa: month-long celebrations

June 19, 2020 Tony957Leave a Comment on November in Talpa: month-long celebrations

It is incredible what one can do with Google! I’m barely computer literate, but take the word cempasuchitl (sometimes written zempasuchitl), for instance. It is growing all over the countryside now. Its yellow orange flowers and pungent aroma are familiar to us, but I never knew it was associated with the Virgin Mary, nor did I know that, […]

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Secrets hidden in the Mexican sierra

June 19, 2020 Tony1013Leave a Comment on Secrets hidden in the Mexican sierra

Anyone who has ever had enough stamina or time to traipse through the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City gets a mere glimpse of Mexico’s treasures. I’ve heard there are enough artifacts in storage to fill the museum twenty times over, and still have skeletons in the closet. There was a time when it […]

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A Mexico patriarch

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In matriarchal-governed communities we sometimes loose sight of the patriarchal side of the coin. We have read that physical and mental abuse runs amuck in Latin American homes. Pick up any newspaper in whatever part of the world you may be living in and you’ll find the statistics are about the same. These conditions do […]

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Sisters and mothers in a Mexico town

June 19, 2020 Tony808Leave a Comment on Sisters and mothers in a Mexico town

I know about sisters. I had seven. There is a brother-to-sister relationship and a brother-to-brother relationship, but it is not quite like a sister-to-sister relationship. We all know men and women who have never had a sister. Some siblings don’t really like each other; some don’t even tolerate each other, but think about the person […]

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MexConnect reaches around the world

June 19, 2020August 8, 2020 Tony9632 Comments on MexConnect reaches around the world

Never underestimate the power of the pen. We’ve heard that statement all our lives. It is even truer today than ever due to our high-tech computers and Internet. People still use fountain pens filled with indelible ink to sign important documents, but most of us carry a cheap ballpoint pen around with us. Few of […]

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A Mexican pig party

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Heaping platters of steaming, grilled, fried and roasted pork are set on the table and stacks of hot tortillas, wrapped in thick towels are placed near you. When you can’t walk and you have to roll away from the table, you know you’ve been to a Mexican pig party! I’m not talking about those famous […]

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People at table by boats: Island visitors indulging in grilled fresh fish, house made tortillas, and, of course, lobster at the Miramar Lobster House. You can even get your photo taken there and pasted on a bottle to tequila to take home as a souvenir.© 2021 Jane Simon Ammeson

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Mexico City's Palacio de Bellas artes features a facade of Carrara marble © Anthony Wright, 2012

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Noël, Naomi and Dorian - standing where our grandmother was photographed with a student named Martha more that 30 years earlier). © 2022 Noel Carmichael.

Visiting Lake Chapala, my grandparents’ winter home decades ago

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Caimito or star apple is a regional fruit in the Valladolid area of the Yucatan, related to the mamey and other sapote species. It is used in ices and ice cream. — Caimito es una fruta regional del área de Valladolid en Yucatán, relacionada con el mamey y otras especies de sapote. Se utiliza para preparar hielos y nieves.

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La Quinceañera: a celebration of budding womanhood

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Chaya plant © Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization, 2009

Chaya, the Maya miracle plant

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