Adios 2020

One second after midnight tonight, will anyone will be sorry to see 2020 end? The day will change from Thursday to Friday, and one of the numerals we use to represent the year will change from 0 to 1. These are minor differences. Nonetheless, we will celebrate these changes with grand outpourings of relief and

Las Posadas 2020

“Las Posadas” in Mexico begin on December 16th and continue until Christmas Eve. Like many festivities in this country, these nine nights have religious origins commemorating the peregrination of Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem where their child Jesus was born in a manger. However since the XVIII Century the nine nights are primarily social occasions.

Is everyone just looking out for himself?

This morning I got a BIG chuckle from reading a blog post called, “The Hypocrite” (https://garydenness.wordpress.com/2020/11/30/the-hypocrite/ ) published by the ever-pragmatic, Gary Denness, author of the THE MEXILE. This Brit writes with the typical sardonic humour his countrymen are famous for. As well, he has spent enough time in Mexico to have been influenced by