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Ana: A Mexican Love Story Dedicated to my dogs: Elvis, Maya, and Queenie In the name of love and art The following is a true story. Only the names are changed to protect people's privacy. Prologue I guess the most logical place to start this...
How I Learned Spanish as an Adult: One Man’s Odyssey Why I Learned Spanish I was born and raised in San Diego, where basic Spanish is part of the lexicon. Streets have names like Calle Barcelona, Camino del Norte, and Via de la Valle. Neighborhoods have names...
Big Waves and Blank Pages: Chosen Battles of a Surf Writer Why I surf The reasons why I surf go back to when I was a kid. I am from San Diego, and I am a product of my environment as much as anyone else is. As far as I can remember, my...
7 Interesting Facts About Guatemala I recently visited Guatemala with my girlfriend and learned a lot of interesting things about the country, especially about Mayan history and culture. We visited Antigua, Guatemala City, Lake Atitlan, Panajachel, Santiago...
April 3, 2023 Why I Did An Ayahuasca Ceremony I did my first Ayahuasca ceremony over the weekend. It's something that I've been interested in trying for years, and I always said, ''I'll do it when the time is right,'' or when I have the right opportunity. I had the...
I moved to Mexico at the beginning of April 2020. This means I have been here for a year. I took some time to reflect on the life lessons I learned. 1) The world needs more peacemakers and less agitators. I was guilty of being an agitator - mostly because I was...