mexico

I've spent quite a bit of time over the past twenty years trying to make some sense out of the ancient Mayan world that appears to have been almost completely abandoned sometime in 8th or 9th centuries. My feeling that this dating is probably skewed by our own western timeline assumptions, and I...

About two and a half months ago, my younger sister announced her plans to marry her longtime fiance. They decided to get 'married' in Oaxaca, Mexico. I put that in quotes because they have actually already been married by a justice of the peace here in America to avoid having blood tests in...