When Kay and Andy Taylor retired in 2012, they bought a fifth wheel RV, sold all their possessions and, along with their two dogs, Harry and Fiona, hit the road.

“If it weren’t for my parents, who let me discover on my own what I could and couldn’t do, I don’t think I would be the independent person I am today.”

For Juanita Crampton and Nikki Duncan, the cacophony of village sounds is one more charming aspect of living in Ixtlahuacan del los Membrillos: from clomping horses, mooing cows, braying mules, to bands practicing and the ever present trucks announcing gas, fruit and tortillas.

Will Prescott, a 75-year-old Guadalajara resident and former Peace Corps volunteer, took out Mexican citizenship two years ago and voted for the first time July 1. 

Peggy Shinn is a bilingual Religious Science practitioner and passionate about the spiritual path she’s chosen.

A small shop selling new English volumes aimed at youthful Guadalajara readers has found a niche in more ways than one.