Author Archives: Rogelio
Musical Interlude
An itinerant base player hurries back to his instrument after grabbing a taco at a local street food stand. In the background the Templo del Oratorio de San Felipe Neri, founded over three hundred years ago, which stands at the … Continue reading
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Limey
One of the best things about living in Mexico is that fruit and vegetables are grown in profusion, particularly in the area around San Miguel de Allende. Here, one of the merchants in the Tuesday Tianguis, a giant outdoor market … Continue reading
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Hand-me downs
It is difficult to tell whether this gentleman is just wearing hand-me-downs, or has shrunk. But he is typical of many aging Mexicans who have worked hard all their lives, and with leathery sun-baked skin trudge slowly home at mid-day … Continue reading
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Singin’ in the Rain
On our first day back in Mexico, an early evening rainstorm glazes the stone sidewalks of San Miguel and provides an opportunity for the town’s teenagers to get damp.
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Whiter than White
This little guy turned up on our lawn Upstate this summer. A completely white albino chipmunk.
From the Archives
Recently, I have been going through the thousands of color slides I have taken, many languishing for over fifty years in their yellow boxes, and archiving and scanning the more interesting ones. This I took using a Zeiss Contax II … Continue reading
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Stuck on the GW Bridge
This last weekend there was a tragic tractor trailer accident on the GW Bridge, and as luck would have it, we happened to be crossing it the following morning when they decided to remove the wreckage by crane resulting in … Continue reading
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Real Gravity
In response to some of the rather apocryphal science portrayed in the recent movie Gravity, NASA has posted a roster of photos of the real thing. This image of Mission Specialist Bruce McCandless free flying in an MMU (Manned Maneuvering … Continue reading
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Halo
Halo, a permanent light circle, floating above the ridge of the Church of St. Willibrordin in Utrecht, Holland, was created by the artist Titia Ex. This artwork, equally describable as an example of Environmental Graphic Design, is a striking example … Continue reading
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San Juan Chamula
In San Juan Chamula, high in the hills of Chiapas, the southernmost state of Mexico on the border of Guatemala, traditional dress is still universally worn. The men wear these woolen coats, white in summer, black in winter, while the … Continue reading
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