The indigenous, in those pre-Weather channel days, used a complicated system based on January to predict the weather for the upcoming year. continue reading January’s Weather Year Long

In mass, you sit, stand, kneel, and genuflect leading to the long-standing joke you really ought to stretch and warm up before heading to mass.continue reading The Posture of Prayer

Closing a charity because success has been achieved is not a bad thing. Look closely where your donations and time are going. continue reading NGOs Closing – For Good?

There is a legend of an easily distracted fourth king bringing jewels he unwisely loses on his royal rendezvous with the other kings.continue reading The Fourth Wise Man

What’s your price? A question that is answered differently for all at different times of your life, but always gets an answer.continue reading What’s Your Price?

Today on tour I encountered two of the most interesting young women of the last century with vastly different approaches to life, and death.continue reading Alison and Kim

Churches, chapels, wayside shrines and mountaintop crosses still dot the landscape reminding us Catholicism is a thin veneer of indigenous practices. continue reading Is Mexico a Catholic Country?

Like Santa Claus shoved over Jesus in terms of Christmas being a shopping event versus a religious holiday; perhaps Catrina is pushing out the altars. continue reading The Catrina Claus

Mexico overflows with monasteries, convents and alike that are no longer used. I’ve often pondered what it was like to be the last of Mohicans?continue reading Last of the Mohicans

For a nice morning in the countryside, Rancho Toyan is a lovely option. Beyond food and wine, the architecture, art and animals are equally enticing!continue reading Something to Wine About