: About Me

I've been a writer/editor and educator all my adult life. That's a few decades. For more than one of those decades I have lived half the year in Mexico, where I sometimes teach writing workshops and English. My article focus here at helium will be related to travel and living in Mexico, creative writing and teaching English as a foreign language.

My passion is ...

Today

I know too much about ...

Cancer

My parents always told me ...

You can do what ever you imagine.

My childhood ambition ...

To dig up ancient treasures in exotic locals

My favorite memory ...

Too many wonderful memories to list.

Why I write ...

I have to.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

The Red Tent - for the second time

My first job ...

Reporter for $.06 a column inch (that's about five lines of copy) on a local newspaper. I was 13.

My best moment ...

This moment.

My inspiration ...

The beauty of nature and goodness of people.

Travel > Travel Planning & Advice Interesting facts about Mexico City

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Mexico City is usually referred to within the country of Mexico as D. F., short for Distrito Federal, or the Mexican equivalent of the U.S.'s District of Columbia, the country's center of government. As one of the largest metropolitan populations in the world, Mexico City offers the variety of neighborhoods, museums, shopping and entertainment one would expect of a significant metropolis. In addition, Mexico City boasts perhaps the most inviting climate of a world class city. In 2005, the government of Mexico conducted a census, which established the population of the metropolitan area of ...

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