A week ago last Sunday, on the feast day of the Virgin of Guadalupe, or Lupita as she is affectionally called by some Mexicans who venerate her more fervently that even Jesus himself, Stew, a friend and I went to Querétaro to see Steven Spielberg's remake of "West Side Story." We all loved it, although …
Continue reading The strange and sad story of our gardener Lupe
In this morning's Civil List, the internet bulletin board shared by expats in San Miguel, there was a post about the escalating security problem. In addition to alarm, I felt curiosity about what tune the usual chorus of civic boosters, particularly the municipal authorities, would intone this time, to downplay bad news about a town …
Continue reading My denial runs thin about crime in San Miguel
When we arrived in Hendersonville, North Carolina, a few weeks ago, to visit some friends who used to live in San Miguel, what immediately struck Stew and me was the sight of so many trees: Stately evergreens keeping such close company with oaks, maples, cypresses and other varieties that, beyond 15 or 20 feet, the …
During the first five months of the year, murders in San Miguel have risen to between 29 and 50, depending who's counting, compared to 28 during all of last year, putting 2019 on track to be the bloodiest year ever. Indeed, fuzzy statistics are but one problem in any discussion about crime in San Miguel, where …
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