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Category: Nature

Tlalóc Benefits Tepozltán

Don Karp, October 31 2024

Tlaloc is the ancient Aztec god who is responsible for rain and fertility. Thankfully, this year he  gave abundant rains here in Tepoztlán. Our weekly hiking group (image above) encountered many cascades and very full rivers and streams that are normally dry beds. During the rainy season, this year from June through September, it poured almost...

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My Story

Don Karp, August 4 2024

Now onto the story!Growing UpI was born on November 6, 1943, in an army hospital in Biloxi, Mississippi. The hospital was free there because my dad was a soldier. Here's a photo of me with Mom taken in 1945.Here I am a toddler, on the left. The other shows me a little older:I was the oldest of three boys, each spaced five years apart. My...

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El Mirador, San Juan

Don Karp, June 17 2024

Tepoztlán, Morelos, Mexico.  View from El Mirador (The Lookout) near San Juan, a village in the Tepoztlán municipality. Photo by author Our local weekly hiking group took this scenic hike near San Juan Tlacotenco, a 5-mile taxi ride from the center of Tepoztlán. The taxi dropped us off on the main street near the bus stop, and we walked straight...

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Get Lost!

Don Karp, June 26 2017

Is getting lost an entirely bad thing? It’s disorienting, disturbing, and problematic. But I think there can be upsides. I guess I’m just a perpetual optimist who sees problems as opportunities. One door closes, another opens. That sort of thing. T-shirt image that reminded me of the benefits of...

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