Watching whales where the desert meets the sea

I feel like anyone who grew up watching American sitcoms, dramas and films knows about Cabo. I’m not sure how, … More

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Is a blog still a blog if it never gets updated? Over the last few months I’ve been constantly frustrated … More

My oldest friend came to visit my newly adopted country over Christmas and the New Year. We met in Merida, … More

I wasn’t expecting to find a dualist heresy in rural Mexico, much less one governed and guided by narcos, but … More

As I’ve mentioned previously, they take Christmas pretty seriously in Mexico. Our Christmas decorations went up in mid-November, and as … More

I’ve been meaning to write something about Dia de los Muertos here for weeks now. The celebrations in Mexico are … More

We popped out of town for the weekend. Myriam was working on Saturday night in the next city over, and … More

One of the biggest frustrations for me since moving to Mexico has been, unsurprisingly, the language barrier. Not from a … More

I had never heard of Leonora Carrington before moving to Mexico. Not necessarily that surprising – I’m not exactly an … More