We’re exploring an unfamiliar Oaxacan street when one wall along the narrow sidewalk suddenly gives way and gives me pause. It’s a shop...

I’ve seen Antiques Roadshow a time or two and it can be interesting, and goodness knows I love museums. But I don’t usually go into...

We’re in the car, and I’m a little nervous. We’ve been invited to a special comida  (mid-day meal) to celebrate a birthday. It’s my...

I find her nestled in a niche behind the polleros . I’m surprised and fascinated. It’s a far cry from her pristine, ornate basilica....

It seems that intersections make people uneasy. Symbolic intersections, at least. The kind where you’ve been travelling along a path for...