Category Archives: Everyday
Carrying Your Own Weight
Burros weigh in at around 500 pounds and can comfortably carry about 250 pounds, the weight of the average gringo. But here in San Miguel, they are often seen carrying much greater loads without apparently getting too pissed off about … Continue reading
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Seven Dead in Uruapan
Last weekend we spent a couple of days in Uruapan, home of the annual Michoacan crafts festival. Just a few hours after I took this photo of a Federale on guard outside the hotel in the main square, seven bodies … Continue reading
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The Original iPad
Made in 1936, Things to Come (just released by Criterion in BluRay), in typical HG Wells form presaged everything from the Second World War to amazing flying machines, multi-level cities, and transparent elevators. Most interestingly, Raymond Massey is seen here … Continue reading
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Pilgrimage From St. Jose at the Hacienda del Obraje
One of the great advantages of living in El Centro is that two or three times a week we bump into one of San Miguel’s wonderful religious processions or festivals. In this instance pilgrimage images from St. Jose at the Ex-Hacienda … Continue reading
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More From the Plaza de Toros
A shot from this week’s bullfight at which there were six bulls, four confronting the toreadors, and two engaging Pablo Hermosa de Mendoza on horseback.
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Flying Feathers
Once again, this year, the dancers are in town. The drumming starts in the evening and goes on all day. Seven troupes in all in the Jardin. There must be a load of large birds running around with naked butts … Continue reading
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The Electric Clickety-Clackety Man
Another regular in the Jardin is this little old guy who walks around clicking two metal tubes together to attract attention. They are connected by wires to a strange box with dials and knobs he carries across his shoulder. … Continue reading
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Delivered Right To Your Doorstep
Yesterday evening, while relaxing after dinner, we heard an eerie, extremely loud, and other-worldly howling whistle in the street that we had never heard before, more like an alien invasion than the knife grinder’s melodious occarina like sound, … Continue reading
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The World’s Second Oldest Profession
In San Miguel, it is customary to see these old folks, usually women, pleading for money while sitting in doorways throughout El Centro. Their main aim is to shake some change out of the Gringos or Chilangos (as folks … Continue reading
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Stringing Along
Last sunday here in San Miguel, we were treated to a great performance by Gil Gutierrez, with Camille Garcia and Bob Stern who are joining him this year on accordion and violin, and with the special addition, for the first … Continue reading
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