A seagull in Scotland has developed the habit of stealing chips from a shop; he waits until the shopkeeper isn’t looking, and then walks into the store and grabs a snack-size bag of cheese Doritos. Once outside, the bag gets ripped open and shared by other birds. The seagull’s shoplifting started early this month when [...]
Today is the Grito – the celebration of Mexican independence. Ivonne, the governor of Yucatan, spoke of today’s heroes – the heroes of the fight against poverty, to provide all with equal rights and opportunities, for all to have access to education. The plaza grande is packed. Souvenirs are everywhere. Little horns and whistles blow [...]
This week I began teaching an intensive course. To the students’ detriment, the electricity went out several times. I guess this teaches us to “save.” In any case, during our class break, I went outside before the storms which caused the outages and looked up at the sky. The clouds were so impressionable, that on [...]
CLICK THE TITLE TO SEE PHOTOGRAPHS. This city is amazing for many reasons. My dear friend Sarah tells me it is the home of many internationa NGOs, due to the Zapatista issues in Chiapas. There is also an emphasis on textiles. So, through street vendors, non-profit cooperative, state organizations, and invited artisans, one can see the exquisite range of indigenous textiles from the region. There are many more positive things to say about San Cristobal. For one, the city is wired with wifi everywhere. This is not what this post is about.
one of the loveliest sights in southern mexico is the sky. it reminds me, at least in some way, that there is a god. there is such tremendous beauty in the sky.
bottles burried upside down in the ground/sand at casa na bolom, san cristobal, chiapas. an idea before it’s time, indeed. the answer for what to do with all our bottles….