So today and tonight people all over the world are turning out their lights for an hour, starting at 8:30 PM local time, to show support for protecting the enviroment. I remember so well when it seemed that the only people interested in “ecology”, as we called it in 1970, were children and hippies. I [...]
Music at Playa Azul
Last week on November 2, Dia de los Muertos in Mexico, I followed the throngs who were streaming down the street. In Coatepec’s large, old cemetery, hundreds of people were gathering around the gravestones and tombs of their ancestors, whole families bearing flowers and decorations and food to spruce things up. It was a bright, [...]
This week in Coatepec is the Festival San Jeronimo, a week-long celebration in honor of the town’s patron saint. In English we know him as Jerome, c. 347 – September 30, 420, an early translator of the Christian and Hebrew scriptures. As I write this, fireworks – really big, loud ones – are exploding somewhere [...]
I was in Xico today and didn’t realize it was a fiesta day until this parade came up the street – they do this kind of thing a lot, at least once a month if not more. I grabbed my camera and took three short videos, all worth watching for a taste of “deep Mexico”. [...]
Thursday, August 13th, 6:45 PM The State Employees Assoc. of NC is sponsoring a Health Care Town Hall tonight. Rep. David Price will be in attendance. Getting there early could be important. Because they expect a large crowd, the meeting has been changed to the B.N. Duke auditorium which is at the corner of Fayetteville [...]
I wish I had photos and videos from Ricardo’s birthday party last night – maybe will have some from Emily later on. This was one of those times when I just felt so glad to be in Tulum, so sure that I’m in the center of the universe, at least for me. My house was [...]