Puerto Escondido       Our family just spent over an hour watching a squirrel over the wall where we were staying.  We talked, read, whatever, but the squirrel was tireless, scrapping away at the husk of a coconut, determined to find whatever prize lay within.  Mi hija called it a National Geographic moment, and it was that …

           Mexico City       The bursts sounded like thunder, first one, and then others on Christmas Eve.  They started again more regularly about 430 am on Christmas morning.  This intermittent roar will continue much of the day in Mexico City.  It takes a conscious effort to remember that these are fireworks and a sign of …

             Mexico City       I get around, but it’s mainly for work.  People will ask about this or that in countries where I travel, and I’m woefully clueless often.  I’d been to India a dozen times before I happen to be there on a Sunday and was convinced to take the train to see the …