A Cautionary Tale
A wonderful poem by Sandra Spencer. I can’t remember who originally sent this to me, but it found me just asContinue Reading
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Ode to Mama
Today is my moms birthday and she has disappeared. She did this once before, albeit years ago, when she announcedContinue Reading
In Search of the Secret Cenote
The Yucatan Peninsula has almost no rivers and only a few lakes but—it has cenotes. Thousands of them. Cenotes haveContinue Reading
Best Road Tunes Ever
Great road tunes are like a great relationship. You start off smilin’, with Michael Franti, lovin’ the world and theContinue Reading
I love Really Smart People
As a blogger I feel I have a responsibility to occasionally break up my navel-gazing and share important stories writtenContinue Reading
Summer in the Office
I love this story from Kassia Miller and the awesome people at Mcsweeneys. Happy summer!
Learning Spanish is like Learning Salsa
One of the reasons we wanted to live in Mexico was to learn to speak Spanish. We thought it wouldContinue Reading
Walking to end Women’s Cancers
Eight years ago today I walked 60 kilometres over 2 days in the fight to end breast cancer. With myContinue Reading
If I’m a blogger, am I a writer?
I have taken up writing a blog along with 158 million estimated bloggers who believe they have something to sayContinue Reading
Swimming with the Whale Sharks
Jaws. It’s all I can think about as we race towards the feeding ground of the great whale sharks. FromContinue Reading
Rick Bayless cooks up some Yucatecan cuisine
This is one of my favourite things down here in the Yucatan and even though I’ve only made it inContinue Reading
Yomimiyo?!
There comes a time in every bloggers life when we actually have to pick a name for our blog. SomeContinue Reading
Channelling Sean Connery
When I was growing up, Sean Connery was the ultimate in cool and so was my father. Still devilishly handsomeContinue Reading
How I came to loathe the gym and love yoga
I’ve always had a hard time with commitment. My girlfriends would disagree, given my history of serial monogamy and theirContinue Reading
Baseball in the Time of Cholera
This is one of the most powerful stories I have experienced in a long time. Many thanks to RYOT.org andContinue Reading
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