Archive for the ‘Living in Mexico’ Category
June 23, 2008 – Recently I did an online interview about living in Mexico. I just wrote answers to a variety of questions. Here is the link: http://mexicorealestateinvestment.org/2008/06/16/interview-with-rosana-hart-author-of-mexico-with-heart/ It’s a website about real estate investing in Mexico, done with a lot more thought than you typically see in that field, it seemed to me. You [...]
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May 16, 2008 – Today I’m going to give you an idea of what our lives were like this week, hoping that this will be helpful to people thinking of retiring to Mexico or simply living here, whether it’s by Lake Chapala as we are or anywhere else. After I wrote last week about how [...]
Feb. 18, 2008 – When North Americans fall in love with Mexico, and with their own lives here, it affects them in many ways. Some blog or do little videos for places like YouTube. A large number of my friends here have taken up painting. Some are active in fundraising for orphanages, animal shelters, and [...]
Jan 6, 2008 – Today’s post is written by a woman I know who is thinking of retiring to Mexico in the future and has spent time on several expat message boards about various parts of Mexico. Her opinions are hers, not mine, but very interesting I think. and I’ve added my comments at the [...]
Jan 2, 2008 – When our friend Peter was here over the holidays, I interviewed him briefly about teaching English in Mexico. This is my first actual video on youtube — I’ve done a couple of slideshows before –and I learned a few things technically in making it, so future efforts should improve. Anyway, if [...]
Aug 26, 2007 – Recently a researcher on Americans moving to Mexico, a woman who is writing a scholarly book on the subject, contacted me with some questions. Here are my answers to her question about the role of technology in this migration: As you may have already concluded, technology in the form of the [...]
Dec. 17, 2006 — Exactly a year ago, we pulled into San Antonio Tlayacapan in our little Toyota Dolphin motorhome. We stayed in a cute little two-rig backyard campground. We thought we would be there just through the holidays, but as longtime readers of this blog may remember, Kelly broke a rib early in January [...]
Oct. 18, 2006 — “There’s always something going on,” the retired American lady said to me. “Somebody comes by for drinks and then we go out to eat someplace.” She was explaining why she never got around to doing the creative artwork that had meant a lot to her in the past. Last week we [...]
Oct. 25, 2006 — I’ve met three readers of this blog. Two were women who were visiting the Lake Chapala area, and one was Kevin Witty. He and I had exchanged a couple of emails while he was still back in New England, and after he bought a house just outside Ajijic, we got together [...]
Sept. 22, 2006 — I got this question from a reader: I have been thinking bout moving to mexico, but the bug problem is a BIG problem 4 me. After wearing bug spray day in and day out, does that not take a toll on your skin as well as your health. Whudda think? Hmm, [...]