The Friday Fiesta: An Odyssey, An Artist, Manners, and the Radio
As a fiction author I love to weave unique cultural gems into the plot. Most of the time I draw...
The Mexican Scatter Plot Diagram
Dedicated news junkies like myself can generally identify trends. But this week the news about...
The Friday Fiesta: Turkish Delight, Brit Food, Art and Drink
As a fiction author I love to weave unique cultural gems into the plot. Most of the time I draw...
Be Angry and Pray Hard
Maria Santos Gorrostieta Salazar, 36, who for nearly 4 years had served as the mayor...
The Friday Fiesta: Travel, Time and Not Enough Sparkly Wine
As a fiction author I love to weave unique cultural gems into the plot. Most of the time I draw...
10 Mexican Proverbs for Readers, Writers, and Other Adventurers
These Mexican words of wisdom were found in Guy A. Zona's book EYES THAT SEE DO NOT GROW OLD, a...
The Friday Fiesta: A Ride, A Book, Olives and Remembrance
As a fiction author I love to weave unique cultural gems into the plot. Most of the time I draw on...
The Day of the Dead Disordered Dictionary
Mexico’s Day of the Dead traditions figure prominently in PACIFIC REAPER, Detective Emilia Cruz...
What McDonald’s Taught Me And It’s Not About The Food
In my quest to find connections across cultures I've been thinking about how different cultures...
5 Talents You Didn’t Know You Had
Right now it is storming outside and my dog is going nuts. Trying to wriggle under the desk when...
Chain of Fools
The little church in Mexico City was decorated for Christmas with 100 red poinsettias. Every pew...
A Little Taste of CLIFF DIVER
Just to whet your imagination here's a snippet of CLIFF DIVER, the first Emilia Cruz novel . . ....
Like Glass in the Belly
Whenever I’ve landed in a new place, I’ve tried to understand the local culture as if it was a...
About the Time I was Absolutely and Terrifyingly Lost in Panama
A year ago I was Lost. No-cell-phone-service Lost. The-road-is-a-gravel-track-through-cane-fields...
A 9/11 Story
I was sitting in a small auditorium at the Colegio Americano in Mexico City waiting for the...
The Power of Daddy
Once upon a time, when we lived in Panama, I was walking the dog and passed a construction site...
The Hidden Lovers of San Miguel
In the political thriller THE HIDDEN LIGHT OF MEXICO CITY, Luz and Eddo briefly escape a political...
5 Ways to Save What Matters
A recent walk through Panama's Casco Viejo--with its alternately sad and hopeful mix of gutted...
How to Find Love at Mexico City’s Markets
Love to find that perfect travel memory? Love authentic handcrafts? Head for Mexico City's...
Why We Keep Searching
Whatever remains to man unknown, in this world of ours, is by so much a burden on the spirits of...
The Girl on the Other Side of the Earth
When my daughter was little I wanted to give her a sense of her place in the world. We got a globe...
Wicked Culture
A stroll through an outdoor book fair lining Mexico City's Paseo de la Reforma boulevard a few...
Rude in Any Culture
Back when I started this blog, I talked about what it means to be a World Citizen, someone who can...
Finding my Audience
Who do I write for? This was a simple question posed to me a couple of months before The Hidden...