There is enough being written by others about the "El Día de los Muertos" (Day of the Dead) celebrations in Mexico and the sugar s...

The word “calavera” means “skull” in Spanish but “calaveras” are also a type of ditty poem written at the season of “El Día de Los Muertos”...

My wife Gina thought it would be nice to write some short pieces about Mexican traditions and customs and I welcomed the idea. Not only will...

In our last dialog, “ Returning Home ” we left our weary travelers blocked by a passing train as they were almost home. They finally arrived...

I learned recently from an article by the Associated Press that the U.S. The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is going to open a field ...

The word “ocote” (oh-KOH-teh) comes from the Nahuatl word “ocotl”. This is the indigenous name for “pine tree” or “pine wood” as it is known...

In our last dialog, “ The Hotel ” we left our intrepid travelers checking into a cheap hotel in the city of Monterrey because one of them ha...

Success in learning another language like Spanish can often depend upon how well one can maintain clarity of thought during particularly dif...

I am going to be sixty-one at the end of this month (boo-hoo). I am still a young man but I am now on the downward leg of life's curve a...

In our last dialog “ The Road Trip ”, we left our two travelers headed for Monterrey, Nuevo León, hoping that they would find a place to sta...