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3. Guadalajara, Mexico, 1987

Heather Holm | Writing Posted on July 20, 1987 by HeatherJuly 20, 1987

I’ve been in Guadalajara (Mexico’s second biggest city) for a week and a day, immersed in Spanish with the multiple and multiplying family of my Montreal Spanish tutor. I’m trying to push the limits of my knowledge of the language … Continue reading →

Posted in Central America, Mexico | Tagged inflation, learning Spanish, machismo

2. Crossing into Mexico, visiting Veracruz, 1987

Heather Holm | Writing Posted on July 8, 1987 by HeatherNovember 10, 2021

I knew I was in Mexico the minute I crossed the border. It was as if the U.S. had dug this river, the Rio Grande, to keep the Third World out. Paint and plaster peeled off the walls of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Central America, Mexico | Tagged languages, mariachi bands, marimba bands, Mexican border, Mexico, Palenque, Rio Grande, Third World, travel, Veracruz, women in Mexico, Zocalo

1. Going overland through the US, 1987

Heather Holm | Writing Posted on June 19, 1987 by HeatherJune 19, 1987

I’ve been on the bus for two days and two nights from New York, and looking forward to a real bed and a shower tonight in Austin TX before heading into Mexico. Even now I’m not sorry I went by … Continue reading →

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Heather Holm, B.Sc. (Honours Chemistry), M.A. (Sociology), PDC, QHHT, IH, BQH, lives, designs websites, gardens, writes, plays music, navigates between the physical and spiritual worlds, and cares for her family near Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. Read more…

Themes and Subjects

  • Central America
    • Costa Rica
    • El Salvador
    • Guatemala
    • Honduras
    • Mexico
    • Nicaragua
  • Death
  • Family life
  • Light and Love
  • Lunenburg Foreign Protestants
  • Nova Scotia
  • Pets
  • Poems
  • Science and Medicine
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