Here are our posts by title and date
March 2007
How we came to live in Mexico
Remodeling our house
July 2008
Only in Mexico
Atotonilco, New world heritage site
La Trinidad organic farm
When it rains
August 2008
No bulls will be sacrificed
October 2008
Festival of San Miguel #1
Festival of San Miguel #2
November 2008
Little boys and grassfires
December 2009
Chicken toys, market food and honey
Christmas, Long walks and other things
Back in town
January 2009
In the states again
Barking dog?
Here’s the cookie recipe
Fires & nacimientos
Where all those cantera carvings come from
Follow up on barking dogs
barking dogs & solutions
Decorative Iron, lots of color
Miss smartypants, bells a ringing, Franciscan processions
February 2009
San Cristobal de las Casas
12 pesos hold up
Palenque ruins, creepy spiders & on to San Cristobal
Villahermosa & Palenque town
The best tacos in town
Zoe’s visit
Zoe’s visit day 2
Zoe’s visit day 1
Making granola
Toilets behind bars
March 2009
Georgia and Brian’s excellent adventure
Psychedilic haircuts
More ironwork installed
New house improvements!
April 2009
Swine flu thoughts
Maricela, rest in peace
Novenas and a tragedy
Senor de las Columnas returns to Atotonilco
Semana Santa winds down
It’s Easter Sunday and they’re blowing up Judas
Semana Santa
May 2009
When Bellas Artes opens again
Influenza, Day 7, 6pm, Empty streets
Influenza, Day 8, and fifth Novena
The final novena
Old wives tales, Mexican style
More old wives tales, or la brujeria
Birthday party and mananitas at midnight
June 2009
Salmonella Typhi
More Sounds of Mexico
How To Throw a Baptism Party
Corpus Christi
A Thing Or Two Learned About Mexican Weddings
Flash From The Past
First Communion Mexican Style
Up Up And Away and More Sounds
John’s 65th Birthday
Valle Del Maiz Festival and Parade
July 2009
Hugo y Luis – Tequisquiapan
Boys Having Fun
What $7.32 Buys At the Market
When You Turn Three…
Our Plumbing is Leaking Next Door
Catching Up
Live and Let Live
Chipotle Chiles en Adobo Recipe
Let Go Of My U.S. Insurance Or Not?
August 2009
Festival Atotnilco
Brunch Hotel Villa Santa Monica
Imss 2 Hours 42 Minutes. Done.
Baby Bird
Flip Video Ultra Video Camera
September 2009
Family Visits
More Sounds of Mexico
Independencia
Xilitla Las Pozas
Ballet Folkorico
Accidental Cheesemaker
Alborada Rehearsal Parade
October 2009
Xuchiles
Festival of San Miguel Parade
Living in San Miguel 
Hi – You’ve got a great blog! I’ve just discovered it, as I am thinking of moving to San Miguel. I must admit, the articles about the dogs have me concerned. Has this problem been resolved? Your neighbors seem nice enough to be able to talk to about this issue. Thanks!
Hi,
Hi, thank you for the compliment.
Don’t worry too much about dogs in Mexico because it happens everywhere in SMA. At one time or another, wherever you live here in town, there will probably be an annoying dog for a short period. I think just about all of our friends in various parts of towns have had one. Talking with your neighbor usually resolves it. Sometimes, like in the case of our neighbor Eutimio, he didn’t quite know how to resolve it right away, so with patience, he figured it out and the dog has been gone over a year now. He also communicated with us about it while he was figuring it out. People like having dogs here but don’t have the education about training them that we get in the US.
Aside from that, there are ways to work with a dog problem including filing a complaint with SPA the animal shelter or with the dept of Ecologia. They come right out to assess if the dog is being abused or offensive within a few days and talk with the owners & the problem is usually solved pretty quickly. We chose not to go that route because we were in communication with our neighbors and figured a little patience while he figured it out was better than filing a complaint that might cause some resentment. The funny thing about that situation is that by waiting, it gave us a lot of opportunities to talk with them and get to know them. After all they have lived here over 15 years and we were the newcomers. It was worth the waiting and talking with them.