Don’t Fear the Reaper
Mexican Catholicism is a fascinating thing. On the face of it, the burning bush is more or less recognisable, but inside the thicket, and down amongst the roots, one comes across some less familiar elements.
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Between Two Anniversaries
Migration III: The Good Shepherd
The Shelter of Jesus the Good Shepherd for the Poor and Migrant is for many of those who begin the journey from Central America to the United States the place where that same journey comes to an abrupt end [...]
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Migration II: Boarding the Beast
If a man, in all likelihood, will be dead within a week, and both you and he are aware of the fact, how do you speak with, engage with, be with him?
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Migration I: Waiting On the Arriaga-Ixtepec
After about three days in Arriaga, where we eventually spent a week, one feels inclined to paraphrase the famous opening narration from Casablanca [...]
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Rehearsing Revolution
In Quintana Roo's Felipe Carrillo Puerto, formerly Chan Santa Cruz, the capital of the Maya Free State, we happened upon a group of young people rehearsing for the celebrations.
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Mexcellaneous Vol. 1
It has been a little quiet around these parts of late, but with good reason [...]
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Mezcal, Mole and Mercados
We hired a little black VW Beetle to take us out to the villages around Oaxaca [...]
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Land, Liberty and the Scene of a Murder
El Hacienda Chinameca, where Emiliano Zapata was shot in 1919, is falling apart [...]
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