Thrive, Life is your Opportunity!
We are about out of time in San Miguel de Allende. I am sure there is a lot worth seeing that we have not seen. Today we went for a walk in barrio (neighborhoods are called barrios here) San Antonio. I had a good feeling about San Antonio even though we had not explored it extensively. Today we …
[Read more...] about Rinconada de La Aldea: Magical alley, doors? and barrio San Antonio
One of the things I have loved about our time in San Miguel de Allende is the sky. More than half of the days we have been here feature an incredible deep blue sky. We can't see a hint of a cloud, so blue it looks as if you could plunge into it and there would be substance. On those days you know it …
[Read more...] about Energy Shifting: From Benito Juarez to El Jardin
El Charco del Ingenio is an extensive desert botanical garden on the north side of San Miguel de Allende. It is a non profit effort to conserve and restore a ravine and its surrounding area. In 2004 it was consecrated as a Peace Zone by the 14th Dalai Lama. Within its confines are a 19th century …
[Read more...] about El Charco del Ingenio: A walk in the desert
Wasn't planning to post today but the day turned out to be more interesting than I expected. We had not noticed the nativity scene in the middle of the parroquia until this morning when we went for a walk. It is the finest nativity scene I have ever seen, but keep in mind I might be a heathen with …
[Read more...] about Christmas Day: The calm after the peaceful happy storm
It is odd that in this shrunken world of technological proximity I feel remote from the world we left a bit over a month ago. I believe Christmas has something to do with that, not that I understand why it would. Christmas has not been an important landmark for me for decades. It hasn't …
[Read more...] about Christmas Eve: Best to plan ahead and where the old meets the new
