(Opuntia leucotricha) Family: CactaceaeAlso known as: Arborescent Prickly Pear or SemaphoreOrigin: Central MexicoIf its spiny needles were likened to a beard, better bring on the industrial-strength shaving cream!
Many are aware of the contemporary use of Optunia family flowers and “paddles” in the making of body lotions, creams, jams, pickles,...
"It's quite possible and highly recommended that during your day, as you go through whatever is in front of you, you have a private agenda.
This agenda has to do with your desire to know and express the love that you are and to be on the lookout for that...
Many of you were part of the marriage proposal I (Irene) made to Gloria Fiona at Teatro Vallarta at the beginning of the year, well here is what happened next; on the 11th of May, we got married.
It wasn’t a traditional wedding; it was a sacred soul union, held...
A Fideicomiso is a unique bank trust used in Mexico to allow foreigners to legally own property in the "restricted zone," which includes areas within 50 kilometers of the coastline and 100 kilometers of the border. Mexican law prevents non-citizens from directly owning land in these areas. The fideicomiso...
“Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.” —Eckhart Tolle In Puerto Vallarta, the sky is a kind of gospel. Each sunrise arrives like a whisper from the divine. Each sunset, a quiet benediction. People pause. Conversations still.And then—almost always—someone nearby says it, softly, reverently: “La...
Recap: Good Morning, From Here, May 31 - June 06
Monday It's the end of the season, and there has to be one final show. One that combines the talent of two cabarets but without the dancers that bring much to the fore, but there is no space.
There is also...
June 2025 As the pages of my diary flipped rapidly closer to June 2025, a song began running through my mind… a song I hadn't heard in years. It was from the Broadway musical of 1951, Paint Your Wagon, a Lerner and Loewe collaboration. It's not their most well-known or best...
(Euterpe oleracea) Family: Arecaceae
Also known as: Assai Palm, Pina Palm, Euterpe Palm or Cabbage Palm in some regions – but don’t confuse it with the Sabal Palmetto – called by that same name – which grows profusely throughout the Southeastern U.S. and parts of the Caribbean. Origin: Eastern Amazonia,...
"I would like you to distinguish between what you have to do and what you want to do.
You may believe that there are many things that you have to do. You have to go to work. You have to make money. You have to pay your bills. You have...
Here we are at the end of May 2025, and we’re looking to the weeks ahead of us as we seem to be entering a normal summer pattern. We’re even seeing the first hurricane of the season as it passes the Bay of Banderas. We will normally see these...
