Category: Our man in Chiapas

The Art of Losing June 20, 2021 “The art of losing isn’t hard to master.” Elizabeth Bishop I think of this poem that I read […]

Barrio Guadalupe June 24, 2021 The explosions started hours before dawn on June 24th.  From every direction, the booms continue through the day as if […]

Barrio Santa Lucia July 4, 2021 “Spanish bombs in Santa Lucia are flying in on the DC-10 tonight.” Of course I know the actual words […]

Soberano July 7, 2021 Mexico’s 32nd state has a revealing name—el Estado Libre y Soberano (Free and Sovereign) de Chiapas.  This title became codified after […]

Comitán de Domínguez July 11, 2021 “Libres por la Palabra Libre.” Belisario Domínguez, 1913 To escape the gloomy rain and chill of the wet season […]

The Woes of Pantelhó and Chenalhó July 13, 2021 Pantelhó and Chenalhó are two sister communities, 60 km to the north of San Cristóbal, that […]

Town-Gown Relations July 14, 2021 My neighbor Jodi has lived in San Cristóbal for more than 3 years and hopes never to leave.  She is […]

Parque del Arcotete July 15, 2021 In the green hill country east of Guadalupe Church in San Cristóbal de las Casas, a lazy brown creek […]

The Road to Betania and Belén Nuevo July 17, 2021 The road between San Cristóbal and Comitán is currently closed due to a tree fall.  […]

Pox July 21, 2021 “Dos Equis are also the eyes of a dead man.” For some, the critical message is in the RNA; for others, […]