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3 Months in Mexico: Mazatlan, San Miguel de Allende, Oaxaca & Puerto Morelos

Adorable toddler in traditional Chiapas costume in Chiapa de Corzo, Mexico

Our years-long hunt for the perfect snowbird destination continues

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  • Tema
  • April 27, 2024
  • 2 Comments
  • Books & Writing, History & Politics

Book Review: Babel, by R.F. Kuang

Cover of the novel, Babel, by R.F. Kuang

Babel, by R. F. Kuang, is an outstanding historical fantasy novel exploring racism, sexism, colonialism, power politics, social justice, and ... linguistics!

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  • Tema
  • April 17, 2024
  • Travel

Cobbles, Culture & Countryside: Cycling & More in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico (2024)

tree in the middle of a cobblestone road in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

While Tema attended the San Miguel Writers Conference, DH (aka John) tried to figure out how to cycle on irregular cobblestones in and around the beautiful mountain town of San Miguel de Allende, in the Mexican state of Guanajuato.

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  • Tema and John
  • March 8, 2024
  • 3 Comments
  • Books & Writing

Book Review: The Secrets We Kept

Cover of The Secrets We Kept, by Lara Prescott

Not all women of the 1950s were willing to settle back into non-career life. Learn the story behind the spies who helped launch Doctor Zhivago to fame.

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  • Tema
  • February 10, 2024
  • Travel, Retirement / Health

Is San Cristobal de las Casas Set to Be the Next Big Expat Retiree Destination?

Early morning in San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico

Pros & cons of San Cristobal de las Casas, in Chiapas, Mexico, after having spent a month here.

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  • Tema
  • February 10, 2024
  • 5 Comments
  • Travel, Retirement / Health

Active Touring at High-Altitudes in Latin America

fitness watch, high-altitude scenery in Ecuador

Physically fit travel bloggers rarely mention the impact of elevation on what you can do. But even the fittest of us can struggle at high altitude.

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  • John Shaw
  • January 16, 2024
  • Books & Writing

Book Review: Liberation Day, by George Saunders

book cover: Liberation Day, by George Saunders

An inventive, entertaining and thought-provoking book of short stories.

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  • Tema
  • January 13, 2024
  • Books & Writing

Book Review – Demon Copperhead

Book cover: Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver

An extraordinary book. Barbara Kingsolver's Demon Copperhead is well worth the time it takes to read or listen to.

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  • Tema
  • December 30, 2023
  • Personal Essay

Grade One Christmas – A Little Jew’s Story

Santa photo

When school and family conflict over Christmas traditions, what's a Jewish Grade One student supposed to believe?

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  • Tema
  • December 25, 2023
  • 3 Comments
  • Books & Writing

Holiday Reading Ideas

4 books to enjoy over the holidays

Four books to enjoy reading over the holidays (or at any other time!)

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  • Tema
  • December 17, 2023
  • 1 Comment
  • History & Politics, Personal Essay

What’s a Jew To Do?

What's a Jew to Do? Israel-Gaza war (Image by

How a secular, humanist Jew loses friends on both sides of the Israel-Gaza divide. It is scary to speak up at a time like this but too isolating not to.

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  • Tema
  • November 21, 2023
  • Books & Writing, History & Politics

Fun With History

Poor old man in Lower East Side ~1915 reading a newspaper (AI generated image)

You get a different sense of history when you read old newspapers instead of just history books.

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  • Tema
  • October 12, 2023
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