My Fairy-Tale Life, by Steven Boone

A trip to Mexico City is a phantasmagoria of sights and sounds⏤always with surprises. Amy and I love visiting and hope someday to live there...

Visible to the east from our rooftop patio, standing on a mountaintop is  Monte Albán , one of the most important archeological sites in all...

 I thought about ants. They work so hard and industriously, making kingdoms on earth. In New Mexico, USA they seemed innocent enough, even n...

It started a couple of years ago when I made an oil painting of a young Frida Kahlo ,_ (Mexican,-6 July 1907 – 13 July 1954 ) with a skeleto...

Amy and I moved to our house in the village of San Pedro Ixtlahuaca 331 days ago. It is on the outskirts of Oaxaca, the famous city in south...

“O Son of Spirit! My first counsel is this: Possess a pure, kindly and radiant heart, that thine may be a sovereignty ancient, imperishable ...

Xolo, (pronounced in English sho-low) is a dog breed developed by Mexico’s early indigenous peoples more than 3,000 years ago. It is famous ...

Advice to artists: create a style and stick with it, become famous and own a highly marketable brand. The same for any business. Usually an ...

 “Vecino” is Spanish, meaning neighbor in English. I have lived in many places over the years and neighbors always influenced my life. Some...

Last weekend’s Dia de Muertos celebrations burst with color, sight and sounds. In downtown Oaxaca,  m arching bands, street performers, face...

“ The most acceptable offering to God Himself comes from a grateful and joyful heart. " - William Shakespeare   As the saying goes, whe...