Category Archives: Everyday

Whiter than White

Posted on June 20, 2014 by Rogelio

This little guy turned up on our lawn Upstate this summer. A completely white albino chipmunk.

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From the Archives

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Rogelio

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

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Rogelio

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

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Rogelio

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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San Juan Chamula

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Rogelio

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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Palenque

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Rogelio

Palenque is one of the best-preserved Pre-Columbian sites in Mexico. Here, the top of the Pyramid in which the Mayan king Pacal the Great was entombed after his death in 683, is seen from within the ruins of the Royal … Continue reading →

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Breakdancing

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Rogelio

The Concha dancers drums are now silent, but still, every evening, while three troupes of Mariachis compete in different corners, a group of young breakdancers practice in the bandshell in the center of the Jardin in San Miguel, adding the … Continue reading →

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A Murmuration of Cowbirds

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Rogelio

Yesterday evening I got to go to the top of the lake in El Charco, the nature preserve and botanical garden just above San Miguel. Here, every evening, Cowbirds form rolling and weaving murmurations as they come home for the … Continue reading →

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More Concheros

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Rogelio

It was impossible to resist posting some more. Each year the adornments get more and more elaborate, each a great source of pride for their owners. These concheros come from all around to spend the day in San Miguel and … Continue reading →

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Concheros

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Rogelio

Each year, on the first Friday in March, the Concheros arrive en masse in San Miguel and the sound of drums echo all day and well into the night. The dance, which takes its name from a lute made from … Continue reading →

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