Todd McIntosh posted an article on Life In El Corazon - Nov 9, 2009, 7:13 pm
I have the old song by Johnny Nash stuck in my head right now.  Just returning from volunteering at an eye clinic I wanted to take a quick moment to tell you about it before I go flop on the coach. T...
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Todd McIntosh posted an article on Life In El Corazon - Oct 29, 2009, 4:18 pm
We are well into the coldest and wettest October that we have had in Patzcuaro in the 3 years we have been here. It feels more like the Octobers I remember in the Pacific Northwest when I was a kid. ...
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Todd McIntosh posted an article on Life In El Corazon - Oct 20, 2009, 10:21 am
As you can probably tell from the things that I post, I love the arts and crafts of the Lake Patzcuaro area. It is a bit of an Easter egg hunt, never knowing where you will find the next prize. Still...
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Todd McIntosh posted an article on Life In El Corazon - Oct 14, 2009, 2:48 pm
Last month we headed out to the beach at Troncones (just west of Zihua/Ixtapa) for a bit of a beach party.  It is about a 2.5 hour drive from Patzcuaro to the beach there. Ahhhhh, now we are at th...
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Todd McIntosh posted an article on Life In El Corazon - Oct 12, 2009, 12:49 pm
  A Frenzy of Colour! Turning off the highway from Morelia to Patzcuaro, at the road to Tupataro I was assaulted by a frenzy of vivid colors that demanded to be photographed. Last month I gav...
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Todd McIntosh posted an article on Life In El Corazon - Oct 8, 2009, 12:44 pm
With the house for sale I have had a number of people asking about my internet setup here. Now that day of the dead approaching, the number of people who come to visit Patzcuaro takes a big jump. So i...
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Todd McIntosh posted an article on Life In El Corazon - Oct 1, 2009, 9:29 am
I hope you all had a good morning. As I do quite often, I woke up before dawn. Old habits die hard, and I have usually been an early riser. So I thought I would share what I see as the sun rises ov...
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Todd McIntosh posted an article on Life In El Corazon - Sep 27, 2009, 5:00 pm
The Wildflowers Are Coming! Yes I am among the living. But have sadly had a laptop meltdown. After some trials and tribulations I have recovered the hard drive and all the data on it. But it was a b...
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Todd McIntosh posted an article on Life In El Corazon - Jul 30, 2009, 3:31 pm
When I was a kid, we had a set of children's encyclopedias. Very colorful, well illustrated. Volume 12 of Golden Book Encyclopedia covered “Paricutin to Quicksand”. I can even remember an i...
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Todd McIntosh posted an article on Life In El Corazon - Jul 7, 2009, 5:06 pm
The Mercado at Patzcuaro is a magical place. People, colors, as many fruits and vegetables that you don’t know the name of , as there are that you recognize. But this week there is something new. A ...
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Todd McIntosh posted an article on Life In El Corazon - Jun 24, 2009, 7:07 pm
In 2007 I did a post on the day of the dead market here in Patzcuaro. It was a sort of photo tour of the market and talked about the crafts from the different areas. If you like you can have a look a...
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Todd McIntosh posted an article on Life In El Corazon - Jun 18, 2009, 12:10 pm
We headed out to the other side of Lago Cuitzeo, north of Morelia. What's there? Well, what we were going to see were 2 things. First the ruins at Huandacareo and then, the village of Cuitzeo. ...
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