A Retired Teacher in Mexico City

I had almost finished buying gifts to give to my friends when I return to Ohio next month.  However, there were still a few little items tha...

I have been asked if I miss the change of seasons.  The fact of the matter is that we do have seasons in Mexico City, even if they are not a...

Those of you who have read this blog for a while, know that I am a dinosaur.  I still own and use a DVD player, and I use a computer program...

Someone that we know down here in Mexico became ill on Tuesday with a cough and bad sore throat.  He went to the doctor and was given a COVI...

  I have written many times about my orchid plant.  Although it looks very healthy and has sprouted new leaves and air roots, after well ove...

Several days ago, I wrote about the teachers' protest on the Zócalo.  That protest continues and is growing.  This is a photo I took fro...

Along Insurgentes Avenue, in the San Rafael neighborhood not far from the Monument to the Mexican Revolution, is a building which was struct...