ahhhh, stunning

Of Candlelight and Shadows

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November 6th 2008
First of all I should say sorry for hitting you all with a very sad poem and then not writing for a few days. Yes, the poem is true, I did lose a student over the weekend to a car accident and it was quite a shock after so many days of celebration. But this blog is not about that and I have been promising to tell all about Muertos in Oaxaca and here it is. Los Dias de los Muertos, or Muertos fo ... read more

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The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst... ... read more