Tag: Mexico

  • A hard life being a Spanish Missionary

    A hard life being a Spanish Missionary

    We needed something to do, on a windy day during a family vacation to Southern Baja. Secretly, I would have given up a perfectly good beach day to see this sight. I guess this is what happens when your parents tour you around all the Spanish mission sites in Texas, as a child.  What’s left…

  • A smile is a curve that sets everything straight

    A smile is a curve that sets everything straight

     “A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.”    ~Phyllis Diller Studies show that if you are feeling anything but happy, if you put a smile on your face, even if it forced, you will feel happier. Your brain will take the cues from your face and start to change accordingly. What an amazing…

  • ¡Fiesta! at the Table

    ¡Fiesta! at the Table

    In the middle ages, all but the poorest homes would have used a tablecloth during mealtimes. Isn’t that an interesting thought? Somehow in our modern lives, I feel like we have lost sight of these small niceties. We were rid of the tablecloth when we adopted a cat who liked to swipe at them with…