On this Fourth of July morning I went to our flagpole and raised the Mexican flag first and the Stars and Stripes right below it.This quiet ceremony was my way of celebrating America's Independence Day. I also tried taking a picture of the two flags, side by side, so to speak, but neither they nor …
Tag: Americans in Mexico
Dirty Rotten (Republican) Scoundrels!
Two days ago I noticed a tiny blue sticker, about one-and-a-half inches long by three-quarters-of- an-inch high, on the right end of the rear bumper of our old Nissan Frontier pickup. On closer inspection I discovered it was a "Trump Make America Great Again" sticker. Before my cataract surgery a year ago, I probably wouldn't …
Where's home, anyway?
After eleven years here, Mexico shouldbe home to us. But it's not that simple. In a recent post, fellow blogger Steve Cotton wondered if his house on Mexico's Pacific Coast was a "home" or merely a "house."For expats that's not a fatuous question. Stew and I vote in Chicago, our last foothold in the U.S.; have …
Escape from Gringo Gulch
While a friend of ours and I had a French Dip sandwich at a new restaurant Friday, and Stew and another friend enjoyed a cheeseburger and steakburger, all with sides of crispy French Fries, a question popped in my head: Are we in Mexico? Neither the sandwiches nor the fries had anything to do with …
Gringolandia's joys and laments
Almost ten years after Stew and I retired in Mexico most of our expectations have been fulfilled. We built a beautiful all-solar house to satisfy both our needs and whims and for much less than the project would have cost in the U.S.With some exceptions our living expenses are lower and the nearly perfect climate …
El Rancho Santa Clara 