Many Zamorans remember this like it was today.
THE ZAMORA CENTRAL MARKET is a buzz with all kinds of sounds. There’s the persistent chatter of the vendors, the music from the pirate CD shops, and there, over in that corner next to the stand selling kitchen supplies … what is that sound?
Could it be? Nah…
But it […]

By Dave Bellefeuille-Rice, guest writer
MIENTRAS HAY LUCHA, hay vida, y mientras hay vida hay lucha. (Where there’s life there’s struggle, where there’s struggle there’s life.)
Many Mexicans have said this.  They’ve endured and still endure oceans of struggle, under masters Spanish, local, and global.  Yet they also exude oceans of life.  How […]

 
 Judith Rios Duarte and my Old Man conduct important research in downtown Zamora.
BACK WHEN I WAS LIVING very near downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico, there was only one decent ice cream shop in a ten minute walking radius. Between my Zamora house and the central market, a ten minute walk along Hidalgo Street, there are […]

David, also known as Viejo, Chimuelo, and Viejillo.
Everyone in Mexico seems to have a nickname. Or two. Or three. But don’t take my word for it. Here is an actual list of the people who I work with at Zamora’s Carniceria La Blanca and their actual nicknames. Thanks to Edwardo for his able assistance.
    Angela
Angie (pronounced […]