tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post1298119864767758100..comments2023-11-09T02:06:49.126-06:00Comments on Rancho Santa Clara: Booze and the campoalcubanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667546605871850986noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-81552561341249271502013-05-19T11:40:51.072-05:002013-05-19T11:40:51.072-05:00In San Rafael, we border 2 of the poorest areas in...In San Rafael, we border 2 of the poorest areas in town, Las Cuevitas and a cardboard shack ravine that is so poor it doesn't have a name. Several times a week, Edith and I spot men staggering up our steep hill. A keen test of their degree of drunkenness is whether they can make it all the way on two limbs or four. Inevitably, having conquered our Matterhorn, the men rise up and urinate. This is starting to piss me off. For the Mexican women in the area, they cross to the other side of their street and give these men wide berth. Billhttps://www.facebook.com/wmbarnes1?ref=tn_tnmnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-22867148290126588102013-05-05T16:04:00.542-05:002013-05-05T16:04:00.542-05:00I recently read about a long-running Harvard study...I recently read about a long-running Harvard study on what produces (and inhibits) happiness in our lives. Unsurprisingly, alcoholism is identified as perhaps the biggest drag on our prospects...<br /><br />http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/05/thanks-mom/309287/Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297912151939163517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-78998253507459220712013-05-04T10:55:44.000-05:002013-05-04T10:55:44.000-05:00Domestic violence--child and wife beating--is anot...Domestic violence--child and wife beating--is another problem that does not dare speak its name here. I can see how folks, particularly, women would be drawn to evangelical Christianity. There's some sort of evangelical church near the bus station, with 200-300 seats that are filled regularly.<br /><br />alalcubanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667546605871850986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-33997731620252436022013-05-04T10:53:25.758-05:002013-05-04T10:53:25.758-05:00Call it one of many mixed messages in Mexico.
alCall it one of many mixed messages in Mexico.<br /><br />alalcubanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667546605871850986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-19248080124187507462013-05-03T00:05:10.203-05:002013-05-03T00:05:10.203-05:00The despair of wives with alcoholic husbands or fa...The despair of wives with alcoholic husbands or fathers has been one of the prime factors that have led many Mexican women to Evangelical Christianity. The street vendors of Chiapas being a prime example.Steve Cottonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00468378507171761868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-2450326279829529902013-05-02T15:19:11.265-05:002013-05-02T15:19:11.265-05:00Same confusion here - on the surface these peacefu...Same confusion here - on the surface these peaceful little Mexican Pueblos often are a great cover-up for some bawdy action - our local Capilla representing a virgin birth is used for anything but virgin conception.calypsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451271195865202718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672834250325632231.post-15688871143392635752013-05-02T13:31:43.349-05:002013-05-02T13:31:43.349-05:00I subscribe to the theory that alcoholism is a for...I subscribe to the theory that alcoholism is a form of suicide.Babshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609157345912932083noreply@blogger.com