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Streets of Tepoztlán

Don Karp, April 22 2025

Tepoztlán, Morelos, Mexico. A weekend on Avenida Tepozteco, a main street in Tepoztlán. Photo by author Unlike the US, a lot of life in Mexico happens in the streets. And Tepoztlán is no exception. Here we visit some main streets and side streets. We will see tourists and street booths that serve them. And we will enjoy street arts and culture,...

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Casa Café Arte

Don Karp, September 1 2024

Casa Arte Café Casa Café Arte grew out of Café Arte. Café Arte was featured previously.   I introduced my friend Ed to Café Arte. He and Mike (the coffee maestro at Café Arte) hit it off and started this new business: Casa Café Arte. Since I introduced them before they started this venture, I am excited to see it

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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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Category Name:  Mexico

Seventh Anniversary Issue

Don Karp, May 18 2024

Tepoztlán, Morelos, Mexico. Mexico Living Experience: the staff. Photo by author The first issue of Letters From Mexico was published on June 26, 2017. It was titled Get Lost! This philosophical title gave me a chance to describe a trail experience in Tepoztlán. Every month since then, a new theme was

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Dagen Visits Mexico

Don Karp, June 6 2022

Mexico attracts many creative people. Dagen Julty is one of those. We've known each other since the 1990's, when I lived in a spiritual community in Western Massachusetts, and he lived in a community house across the street.

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