Ajijic resident Armando Garcia-Davila, who likes to refer to himself as a “blue collar writer,” moved to Ajijic with his wife, Kathy, in May, 2017, from Santa Rosa, California.

The imposing Biblioteca Publica del Estado de Jalisco Juan Jose Arreola (public library), with its crazy-quilt facade towering over fast-moving traffic on Guadalajara’s far northern fringe near the Telmex Auditorium, is home until September 23 to a fascinating display, crafted by two Italian museographers, that aims to impress and educate the world about the richest and most complete Egyptian royal tomb ever dug up by archaeologists.

Diversity – genetic, linguistic, culinary, biological, commercial – is on the chopping block around the world.

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.