Season of renewal

This is the season of renewal. In many religions, this is a time when people pledge a commitment to deepen their relationship with their god, their family and their community. They seek inner peace through these rituals. The rights of spring, throughout history, have...

Aunts

My mother (second from left) had 8 brothers and sisters. 5 of these were half-sisters and a half-brother. In this picture mom is seen with (left to right) Virginia, Mom, Sadie and Laverne (her full sisters). Mom was 16 when this picture was taken. Only Virginia is...

Ghosts in my house

Living requires making relationships that you like and do not like. I spend some of my day dealing with those relationship I don’t like but I try, primarily, to focus only on those I do like. One of the relationships I really like is with my ghosts (for those...

Here comes the sun

For some time now, we have been considering ways to reduce our carbon footprint while living here in Mexico. We already do this in some ways. We live in the historic centro of Merida–meaning we can walk to get most things we need for daily living. We do still...

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