Sometime before Thad was born, probably 1981, we drove over to Chihuahua state in the wintertime. South of the city of Chihuahua, yes it’s where the dogs come from (and also the home of Pancho Villa, whose third wife Yvonne and I met just before she died), we had a few churches around Julimes . …
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Mexican Cold #1
Many of my memories of Mexico are of the cold. The whole Northern half of Mexico has a wintertime that those who only know Mexican stereotypes aren’t aware of. If you drive north from the beaches of La Paz, Cancún, and Zihuatlanejo, you’ll find a Mexico that often freezes from October to March, and a …
Falling Forward
I had a great visual this morning. I was talking with a friend and he said something about an attempt he was making and how he might fall down in the attempt. I encouraged him to "fall forward," and then I saw it. Instead of walking forward or running forward, at the very least we …
Skying* in Manhattan
I'm in NYC this weekend, skying out the land. (*Every time you read the word "sky" substitute a P for the K and you'll understand. I don't want to kick off some kind of security alert!) One sixth of all Americans live within two hours of the I-95 corridor that runs between D.C. & Boston. …
Pleasantville
I love the name "Pleasantville." It sounds like a lazy author's attempt to typecast the ideal village. Turns out there are four Pleasantvilles, and that's just in Pennsylvania! We spent last week there, at one of them, as the speaker at their summer family camp and now I'm in London's Heathrow airport. London is like …