CASTE WAR: PART 2 The Caste War of Yucatán began in 1847 and dragged on for decades. Tired from years of struggle, the Maya regained confidence from an unlikely source: a talking cross found deep in the jungle near a cenote. Revolutionary Jose Maria Barrera, driven from his Yucatán pueblo, led [……]
A little this & that from the media. • Artisanal embroidery from Yucatán company woos ‘Shark Tank’ investor https://yucatanmagazine.com/artisanal-embroidery-from-yucatan-company-woos-shark-tank-investor/ • Thrifty Strategies for Senior Travelers https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/22/travel/frugal-strategies-for-senior-travelers.html • Senate considers bill to double paid vacation for Mexican workers https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/senate-bill-double-paid-vacation-workers/ • Reviving the cultivation of ‘green gold’: Mexican [……]
Turtle Stats – 28 September 2021
THE WEEKLY QUIZ FROM NPR PUZZLEMASTER WILL SHORTZ https://www.npr.org/2022/08/28/1119804026/sunday-puzzle-switcharoo On-air challenge: I’m going to give you some categories. For each one, take the last two letters, reverse them, and use those as the starting letters to name something in the category. Ex. Direction –> NORTH 1. Vitamin 2. Dutch Master 3. [……]
Stretching can help relieve pain and improve blood flow to your muscles. “Motion is lotion,” said Ellie Somers, a Seattle-based physical therapist. Here are three simple stretches to try. 1. Stretching your wrist flexors and extensors“prevents the wrist from getting locked into a smaller range,” she said. 2. At the [……]
Two pieces of local information to update — There’s a change of phone number for Dr. Fabio. You can reach him through The Reef Clinic, 984-218-5572. Also, La Buena Vida has moved its re-opening date to Thursday, 22 September.
Unfortunately La Buena Vida is closed until 15 September, so this month friends are going to Lol Ha Beach Bar at 5:00 to see each other. We’ll rendezvous at La Buena Vida again on 7 October.
If you have a minute, watch and listen: Wiener Cello Ensemble 5 1׃ Bolero – Bing video
Akumal Investment announced that company co-founder, Stephanie Marie McGee Motley, died Sunday evening near her home in Tucson. June 18, 1957 – August 21, 2022. Funeral Blues Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos and [……]
September 16 is the day that Mexico celebrates its freedom from Spain. It actually marks the beginning of the struggle, the moment when Padre Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla made the speech that rallied the citizens of Dolores. According to Elena Albarrán, the celebration is for “the moment of insurgency, the [……]
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