Author Archives: Stan Flouride

After a fitful new night at the Abrazarse Retreat Healing Center and B&B (during which I only managed 2.5 hrs sleep after moving the too soft mattress to the floor) and discovering the hard way in the middle of the … Continue reading →

The owner of this home that was numbers built I’m the 1600s invited me in to look around at the renovation. As the blocks on the corner and the door jamb and lintel show, it was not only the Church … Continue reading →

My first couple of hours at the coastal town of Progreso were spent randomly walking the 12 blocks from the bus stop to the beautiful (though as I would discover later-unsleepable) Abrazarse Life Retreat Center and B&B.

I bought something for my daughter there.

Near where I am living is a wonderful and much used neighborhood park. It has a skate park, a toddler-size amusement park, a large assembly area, and paths where a very much traditional-style ‘promenade’ is carried out every Friday evening. … Continue reading →

“Onix” is a wonderful store full of carved stone, (jasper, onyx, quartz, etc.) that I pass by on the bus every day on my way to work and on my way home today o decided to drop in. The large … Continue reading →

Maybe all three. Who knows?

Who knew Joss Whedon was so big south of the Rio Grande,?

I very much like that things aren’t just used once and discarded. They reuse things within an inch of their lives. They clean the duck tape with acetone and patch the bags until they’re threadbare. Not just a good budgetary … Continue reading →

The woman in the middle of the last pic is the grad student in charge.