Author Archives: Rogelio
TEDx San Miguel
This year’s TEDx in San Miguel was packed to the gills, and predominantly with young people, many of them local students. Here, Xavier Fux speaks of Urban Agriculture as a promising strategy for the new Millennium. Other contributors included Sara … Continue reading
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Bamboozled
Just over three months ago we left San Miguel with all our bamboo neatly trimmed and no new shoots showing. On returning last week we discovered that several new shoots, including this one, which measured exactly 10 meters, or 33 … Continue reading
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Perfect Manners
New Yorkers, the agent in his glass booth insisted when we recently went through immigration in Texas after flying in from Mexico, acted like deranged pirañas, fighting to get into the Subway, and stepping over dead bodies lying on the … Continue reading
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Saturday Morning Flicks
When I was a kid, and TV was a tiny black and white affair that ended with God Save The Queen at about 11:00 each evening, there was no greater thrill than the saturday morning flicks at the local Odeon … Continue reading
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Hey! Duh.
OK, so Swedish has some pronunciation problems here in the Americas, but Ikea’s replacement of one accented spelling with another phonetic one just doesn’t cut it. Actually, if you try for something like a cross between HAY DOH and HAY … Continue reading
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Birds, Bells, Bangs, and Barking
There is nothing nicer than to go onto the roof and sit under the Palapa as the sun comes up. Birds of all inclinations are twittering for attention, including the finches nesting in our bamboo; the bells of the surrounding … Continue reading
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Rancheras For Rancheros
Yesterday evening in the Jardin, with very few people around, a group of Rancheros (or possibly just some locals with enough money to own horses) came past the Parochia, and happened upon a group of Mariachis who were there and … Continue reading
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Egg Bonking Again
I had intended posting this at the beginning of February, but better late than never. Every year, for a couple of days before Lent, folks in San Miguel go nuts smashing confetti or ash-filled colored eggs, known as cascarones, on the heads … Continue reading
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Also Floating Around
Most mornings early, while the air is still cool, one hears the whoosh of the kerosine burner of a hot air balloon lofting intrepid visitors gently over the rooftops of El Centro. Seen here against the corner of our Palapa, … Continue reading
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Is It a Bird? Is It a Plane? No, It’s a Helicam
This creepy little camcopter was floating around over us during our usual sojourn in the Jardin at dusk. Remote controlled and carrying its own lighting, it was filming the crowds milling around during Semana Santa.
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