Notes From Big Pink: How I Broke My Ankle
This is the first in a series of missives about trying to function for the next EIGHT weeks in a cast. This one is long, it sets the scen. Here is where I will be sitting with my laptop at my side:...
View ArticleBye, Bye Fideicomiso! Could it Really Be True?
PLEASE READ THIS AND SHARE WITH YOUR FRIENDS! If we were communicating today by drums, the air around La Paz would be vibrating with the coconut telegraph sounding the word, about the impending doom...
View ArticleAnd Along Came Julie!
How I met Julie “…One door opens and another closes…” How many times have we heard that cliché? In October 2008, I lost my job as the Director of Closings for a cross-border mortgage company. For...
View ArticleMr Sandman, Send Me a …
A picture is worth a thousand words. And this picture says it all! In years past right about now, we would be packing, and preparing for our annual visit to the frozen north, well Dallas or Thousand...
View ArticleViva Mexico! Independence Day is Almost Here!
Viva Mexico! Viva Mexico! Viva Mexico! By Susan Fogel “ Listen my children and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere” Those are the opening words of Longfellow’s poem published almost 100...
View ArticleChiles en Nogada! An Independence Day Treat!
Chiles en Nogada, A Patriotic Dish Traditionally Served in September. By Susan Fogel Okay, so you aren’t going to go to the Palacio to take part in El Grito, and maybe you even decided against...
View ArticleStructure Your New Life: Five Ways to Perfect Your Transition to Paradise
Photo by Claude Vogel of MexSense Structure Your New Life: Five Ways to Perfect Your Transition to Paradise One of the most stressful events in anyone’s life is moving, even if the move involves giving...
View ArticleLa Paz Saturday Farmer’s Market, Meet Friends, Buy Goodies, Drink Coffee
The La Paz Farmer’s Market; Open All Year, Come Taste, Talk and Buy. Come Saturday morning, after our years-old tradition of breakfast with friends, my Beloved and I head over to the La Paz Farmer’s...
View ArticleMexico, I love the Sun, Sea, People, Food, BUT…
The vanity in my outdoor snail bathroom. Life in Mexico is sweet, slow, and warm. When I say warm, I refer not only to the sunny climate, but to the people. Mexicans are among the happiest people in...
View ArticleSuccess! First Attempt at Coloring Eggs With Silk.
I love Easter! The chocolate bunnies. Jellybeans. Black ones. Peeps! The rustle of the cellophane Easter grass. I love it all! The religious aspect, church, Jesus rising from the dead. I could never...
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