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As monarch season takes flight, conservationists turn to virtual tourism

“It got so I couldn’t go hiking without seeing one of my neighbors dragging down a tree,” monarch butterfly conservationist and eco-tourism entrepreneur Ellen Sharp, PhD, recently wrote from her home and B&B at the border of the state of Michoacan near a sanctuary for the colorful creatures.


Getting tested for the heck of it

On Covid, there is good news and bad news. On the one hand, we have the vaccines and a certain mildness compared to killers such as cancer and heart attacks, which leads many to shrug it off.

Faith displayed in doorstep shrines

Although customary December 12 festivities honoring La Virgen de Guadalupe will be left aside due to coronavirus, many lakeside householders are expected to crown Mexico’s spiritual patroness in glory with traditional shrines mounted at their doorsteps for the occasion.