Category Archives: Mexico

I am thinking about the Westminster Dog Show. It is coming up in February. In 2015, two new breeds will be on the roster – a little fru-fru dog from Madagascar called the coton de tulear and a lean, muscular … Continue reading →

The broom is the axis of Earth without which the planet would dissolve into dust. The women come out in the morning and prop their old bones on their brooms. They sweep away yesterday, make way for today, and tomorrow … Continue reading →

It was late afternoon. David saw a shadow of a hummingbird in the window of our bedroom onto our little portal. I looked up. The hummingbird was perched on the sill. I could see through the window that it had … Continue reading →

This morning, we helped a good friend here in Alamos butcher six young roosters. He has a large flock of egglayers, plus he incubates fertile eggs and raises his own chicks. Hence, he occasionally has to reduce the number of … Continue reading →

We were walking on the path along the rim of the Chalatón Arroyo. It is one of the numerous, bouldery, deeply dissected drainages that tumble off the Sierra de Alamos on the edge of our town in Sonora, also called … Continue reading →