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La vida buena | The Unseen Moon

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August 10, 2015. Sinks daily into a deeper sea of racial strife, political snit and socialism, it’s fun to kick back and smile due to living elsewhere. That elsewhere, of course, is Mexico, a nation on an upward trajectory. If you do not live in Mexico, here’s a lovely video to make you wish you did, and if you do live here, you can gloat and feel smug, as I do. The video, a series of photos actually, was made by Jack Brock. Sharing improves your karma! Pacific coast of Mexico. LOL, R.I.P. August 10, 201...

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Retirement: Year One | Retirement, say what?

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Retirement, say what? A continuation of our plans. Skip to primary content. February 23, 2015. I have procrastinated on this long enough, in part waiting for immigration news that I now have, so here comes the brief review of our first year of retirement in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. The Move and Housing. At the end of January, 2014 we flew down with three suitcases, two backpacks, a 21.5″ iMac, and our cat. Tom Kuhn,. Provided us with cat-friendly lodging on our first night here. I came down on a. Visa af...

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We took a little trip | Retirement, say what?

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Retirement, say what? A continuation of our plans. Skip to primary content. We took a little trip. July 1, 2015. We left home on May 17 and traveled to Spain, Portugal and California before returning home on June 23. I am going to try to write about that some. It was our first long post-retirement trip. There may or may not be others – but I think we are going to do some getaways every year during Merida’s hottest times. Gaudi architecture: one example. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Barcelona i...

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Oedipus Rex in Mexico City or How to Thwart Yourself, American Style | El Gringo Suelto

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Mexico Road Trip 2014. Musings from Boston, Mexico City, and Beyond! Oedipus Rex in Mexico City or How to Thwart Yourself, American Style. Posted by Kim G. Asymp; 26 Comments. Dateline: US Embassy, Mexico City. Selling tacos. He had a reason to visit the USA, and the fact that he’d been to many places in Europe and elsewhere also seemed to suggest he’d be unlikely to overstay his visa. I mean, if you’re not going to overstay a visa in Italy or Germany, why would you overstay in Boston? F, who is not a mo...

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Seek And Ye Shall Find – The Mexile

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Mexico City Hidden Treasures. London 3 Day Tour. Seek And Ye Shall Find. July 29, 2015. It all came to a crunching end one day when, having exited a lock-in. These days, I pay to go strawberry picking. It’s surprisingly expensive given that I’m doing the labour. I departed Mexico and returned to the UK. Shall we include the three weeks I did at one of my old Texaco petrol stations upon landing back in Blighty? But I never wanted to be in insurance. What do I want? On my way to the interview. Click to sha...

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A Dance For The Ages – The Mexile

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Mexico City Hidden Treasures. London 3 Day Tour. A Dance For The Ages. July 31, 2015. Well, allow me to introduce you to the world of Morris dancing. Or Victorian Ball Room. Dancing. Two atrocious forms of human movement that hardy groups of people try very hard to keep going into the 21st century. Of Brits being unable to dance. Which makes me wonder if we abolished hanging and castration too soon. Perhaps blood letting could be brought back too? The Colombians can do this. This post was not sponsored b...

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Folks on the street | The Unseen Moon

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Folks on the street. August 6, 2015. Sells something or other on our downtown streets. What makes her notable is that she walks barefoot year-round, and it gets dadgummed cold here in the winter. She does it because she wants to, not because she has to. This fellow’s legs do not work right, so he gets about with this tricycle contraption. The pedals are up top and hand-driven, not down bottom where one normally finds pedals. If you want to see his nice smile, you’ll have to go here. Liked by 1 person.

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Getting stuff | The Unseen Moon

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August 7, 2015. Many adventures connected to living on the hardscrabble outskirts of town is getting stuff, mostly stuff in the mail. There is no house-to-house delivery in my neighborhood. What happens is that all the mail for a certain area is dropped off at a central spot, which can be a small, corner grocery or it can be somebody’s home. I avoid the problem most of the time by having a post office box downtown, which is where 99 percent of my pittance of mail goes. You never know how it’s going...

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Who is Yaya? | Writing From Merida

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MEXICAN CUSTOMS and CULTURE. August 9, 2015. Yaya has lived in the streets of Merida since the early 1980s. The radius of her world is one square block between Calles 57 and 59, 58 and 60. She is about 4 foot 6, bowlegged, toothless and scruffy. She does not speak or hear. I am not a psychiatrist, but I would guess that she is schizophrenic. The government has tried to assist Yaya, as have groups of religious women but it’s been a no-go. Yaya has chosen her life and will not consider any other. I’v...

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Finding time to… worry? – a mama's logbook

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A mama's logbook. Finding time to… worry? Finding time to… worry? July 25, 2015. August 4, 2015. I hardly know what to feel most days, except grief and bug eyed paranoia. But my faith tells me that God has skills, ploys, and grace adequate to bring light into the present darkness, into families, prisons, governments. You’ve got to love this in a God – consistently assembling the motliest people to bring, into the lonely and frightening world, a commitment to caring and community. July 25, 2015 at 5:37 pm.