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parents.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-11-04T14:56:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2017/09/03/present-in-the-moment-priceless/</loc><lastmod>2017-09-10T12:38:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2017/08/04/an-apparition-at-night/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/puebla-2012-2-042.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Puebla 2012.2 042</image:title><image:caption>Things aren't what they seem in shadows</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/puebla-2012-2-041.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Puebla 2012.2 041</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_4364.jpg</image:loc></image:image><lastmod>2017-08-04T19:31:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2014/10/11/use-it-dont-lose-it/</loc><lastmod>2017-07-31T15:32:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2017/05/25/surviving-greatness/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/papantla-2017-023.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Papantla 2017 023</image:title><image:caption>Ceramic bowl</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/papantla-2017-006.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Papantla 2017 006</image:title><image:caption>A carved basin</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/papantla-2017-035.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Papantla 2017 035</image:title><image:caption>A sancutary</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/papantla-2017-047.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Papantla 2017 047</image:title><image:caption>Elaborate platform</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/papantla-2017-045.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Papantla 2017 045</image:title><image:caption>Piramide de los Nichos</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/papantla-2017-008.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Papantla 2017 008</image:title><image:caption>A glyph at El 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030</image:title><image:caption>Main plaza, El Tajin</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cuetzalan-2017-041.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cuetzalan 2017 041</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/freize-2017-015.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Freize 2017 015</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/amparo-2017-020.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Amparo 2017 020</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_5428.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5428</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/puebla-2017-038.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Puebla 2017 038</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-02-25T02:40:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2017/02/02/recognition-and-a-sense-of-place/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/picture-037.jpg</image:loc><image:title>picture-037</image:title><image:caption>Friends expand the circle with their friends.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/puebla-2012-186.jpg</image:loc><image:title>puebla-2012-186</image:title><image:caption>Years of friendship.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-02-02T21:24:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2017/01/15/the-exquisite-pain-of-a-double-life/</loc><lastmod>2017-01-16T01:57:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2016/11/24/chaotic-the-post-election-state-of-immigration/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/thgr4qzt4f.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thgr4qzt4f</image:title><image:caption>Do we mean what we say? </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/border-fence.jpg</image:loc><image:title>border-fence</image:title><image:caption>Do good fences make good neighbors? </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/statueofliberty.jpg</image:loc><image:title>statueofliberty</image:title><image:caption>Send me your...? </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-24T22:17:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2015/10/31/day-of-the-dead-a-day-out-of-time/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/616.jpg</image:loc><image:title>616</image:title><image:caption>A decorated tomb. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/5601.jpg</image:loc><image:title>560</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/599.jpg</image:loc><image:title>599</image:title><image:caption>Decorated family graves. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/567.jpg</image:loc><image:title>567</image:title><image:caption>The family ofrenda. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/583.jpg</image:loc><image:title>583</image:title><image:caption>An alley  wall on Day of the Dead </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/560.jpg</image:loc><image:title>560</image:title><image:caption>An ofrenda to my parents. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/566.jpg</image:loc><image:title>566</image:title><image:caption>Estela cooks the mole. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-01T16:33:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2016/09/27/unfinished-fluency/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/unfinished-furniture.jpg</image:loc><image:title>unfinished-furniture</image:title><image:caption>Learning a language, like an unfinished desk, opens opportunities to continue </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/unfinished-building.jpg</image:loc><image:title>unfinished-building</image:title><image:caption>Americans tend to see something unfinished in moral terms. Sloth. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/industrial-revolution.jpg</image:loc><image:title>industrial-revolution</image:title><image:caption>Too often language instruction follows an industrial model. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-12-21T04:38:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2016/06/07/staying-connected/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_6586.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_6586</image:title><image:caption>The mariachi </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/weddingfullsizerender.jpg</image:loc><image:title>weddingFullSizeRender</image:title><image:caption>The wedding </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/fullsizerender-00a.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender (00A)</image:title><image:caption>After the wedding--dance</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-06-11T20:45:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2016/03/18/zapatos-rojos-red-shoes-and-the-pain-of-knowing/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_5883.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5883</image:title><image:caption>The women tell forceful stories. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_58052.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5805</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_58051.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5805</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_5805.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5805</image:title><image:caption>Empty red shoes cry from the pavement. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_5803.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5803</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_5880.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5880</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_5802.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5802</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_5799.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5799</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-09-10T12:38:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2016/02/22/saving-the-mother-tongue/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_5337.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5337</image:title><image:caption>The young must carry Mixteco into the future. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_5324.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5324</image:title><image:caption>In word and costume a distinct people</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-02-23T03:14:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2016/01/17/packing-whats-important-to-leave-behind/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>001</image:title><image:caption>One suitcase of possibilities. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-01-17T23:01:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2015/12/22/las-posadas-seeking-shelter-with-maria-y-jose/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/la-posada-a-esnj-12-065.jpg</image:loc><image:title>La posada a ESNJ 12 065</image:title><image:caption>Jose y Maria seek shelter</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/us-mexico-border-fence.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Border Patrol Agents Monitor US-Mexico Border</image:title><image:caption>Hostility toward strangers</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>001</image:title><image:caption>A welcoming community </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/008.jpg</image:loc><image:title>008</image:title><image:caption>Let strangers into our lives</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-22T18:58:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2015/12/11/we-are-what-we-celebrate/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/santo-nino-nuevo-060.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Guadalupe at our church. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/1047.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1047</image:title><image:caption>Guadalupe on a wall in Oaxaca</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/guadalupe.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Guadalupe at my home</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/virgen-de-guadalupe.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Classic Guadalupe image</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-11T22:22:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2015/11/20/learning-spanish-as-a-tongue-tied-imposter/</loc><lastmod>2015-11-20T16:30:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2015/09/21/walls-deportation-and-trumps-final-solution/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/us-mexico-border-fence.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Border Patrol Agents Monitor US-Mexico Border</image:title><image:caption>Welcome to Donald Trump's America.  (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mexican20repatriation-ea60674d62ecedce042c706e365cef8361c4e07d-s800-c85.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Mexican%20Repatriation-ea60674d62ecedce042c706e365cef8361c4e07d-s800-c85</image:title><image:caption>Mexicans rounded up for 'repatriation' in 1930s. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-09-21T16:58:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2015/08/13/two-tongues-two-minds-writing-bilingually/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/books.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Books</image:title><image:caption>Anthology of American writing about Mexico Stories. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/1179.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1179</image:title><image:caption>Political graffiti in Oaxaca </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/1097.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1097</image:title><image:caption>Oaxacan newspaper</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/1039.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1039</image:title><image:caption>Part of a pre-Conquest codex in Zapoteco.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-08-14T18:10:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2015/07/11/donald-trump-the-confederate-flag-and-the-fourth-of-july/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/declaration-jpg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>declaration jpg</image:title><image:caption>Declaration of Independence</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/026.jpg</image:loc><image:title>026</image:title><image:caption>Dual identities often emerge in bilinguals. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/trump-png.png</image:loc><image:title>trump png</image:title><image:caption>Donald J. Trump wants to build walls, deport 11 million immigrants. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/untitled.png</image:loc><image:title>untitled</image:title><image:caption>Confederate Battle Flag</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-07-16T03:13:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2015/06/09/beach-books/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2015-06-03-10-02-26.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2015-06-03 10.02.26</image:title><image:caption>Mexican memoirs and non-fiction.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_2743.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2743</image:title><image:caption>Spanish Short Stories</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_2741.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2741</image:title><image:caption>Dual Language Books</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-12-02T01:51:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2015/05/13/well-always-have-puebla/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image-19.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Image (19)</image:title><image:caption>La madre mia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2516.jpg</image:loc><image:title>La madre mia.</image:title><image:caption>Las madres del Santo Nino</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-06-03T21:46:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2015/04/23/bilingual-post/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/jacaranda-flore1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jacaranda flore</image:title><image:caption>Las nubes de jacarandas</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/topiary-casa-del-aves-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Arbusto podado, casa de pajaro</image:title><image:caption>Arbusto podado, casa de parjaros </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/jacaranda-flore.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Las nubes de jacaranda s</image:title><image:caption>Las nubes de jacarandas</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/catredral-zocalo-3-4-17-07.jpg</image:loc><image:title>La catedral de Puebla</image:title><image:caption>La catedral de Puebla</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/25-de-abril-017.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mi familia anfitrina</image:title><image:caption>Mi madrina y padrino</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-23T01:29:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2015/04/16/about-adventures-in-midlife-spanish/</loc><lastmod>2015-04-17T15:26:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2014/10/29/chance-encounters-improv-spanish/</loc><lastmod>2015-04-16T23:13:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/about-adventures-in-midlife-spanish/</loc><lastmod>2015-04-16T22:54:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2014/12/21/christmas-in-oaxaca-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/tossing-for-luck1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tossing for luck</image:title><image:caption>Tossing bunuelo bowls for good luck.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/la-noche-de-rabanoes1.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Radishes become works of ephemeral art. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/market-at-ocotlan1.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Ancient tianguis or country market. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/maren-and-pinata.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Pinatas are a part of ever celebration. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-16T22:49:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2015/01/15/tlacochahuaya-a-volunteer-citizen-says-adios/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/674.jpg</image:loc><image:title>674</image:title><image:caption>La parroquia - San Jeronimo Tlacochahuaya.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/811.jpg</image:loc><image:title>811</image:title><image:caption>The valley and Tlacochahuaya. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/1296.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1296</image:title><image:caption>Adult students eager to learn .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/681.jpg</image:loc><image:title>681</image:title><image:caption>El município - classes under the arches. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/mexico-2014-1091.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mexico 2014 109</image:title><image:caption>Classes end - glorious but bittersweet </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/12901.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1290</image:title><image:caption>The volunteer teachers from Fundación en Via</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/814.jpg</image:loc><image:title>814</image:title><image:caption>Children's class in las arcadas.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/671.jpg</image:loc><image:title>671</image:title><image:caption>La parroquia of San Jeronimo Tlacochahuaya</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/424.jpg</image:loc><image:title>424</image:title><image:caption>Tlacochahuaya Public Safety is our host.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-16T22:48:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2015/02/07/new-years-eve-in-cuba-but-not-quite-normal-relations/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/166-dinner-2013.jpg</image:loc><image:title>166 dinner  2013</image:title><image:caption>Barbequed pork on New Year's Eve. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/207-framing-walkway-2013-208.jpg</image:loc><image:title>207 framing walkway  2013 208</image:title><image:caption>Framing the walkway at Favorito. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/141-sta-maria-magdalena-favorito-2013-141.jpg</image:loc><image:title>141 Sta Maria Magdalena, Favorito 2013 141</image:title><image:caption>Sta. Maria Magdelena in Favorito, Cuba. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/126-enrique-and-me-2013.jpg</image:loc><image:title>126 Enrique and me  2013</image:title><image:caption>Enrique, the farmer and the author. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/107-rural-traffic-2013-107.jpg</image:loc><image:title>107 rural traffic  2013 107</image:title><image:caption>A ride is wherever  you can find it in Cuba.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/125-itabo-gardens-2013-125.jpg</image:loc><image:title>125 Itabo gardens  2013 125</image:title><image:caption>Vegetable plots at Itabo - how Cuba feeds itself. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/161-cookingn-pork-2013-161.jpg</image:loc><image:title>161 cookingn pork 2013 161</image:title><image:caption>Barbequing a hog for New Year's Eve</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/262-dawn-2013.jpg</image:loc><image:title>262 dawn  2013</image:title><image:caption>A new day at Itabo, Cuba.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-07-03T00:47:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2015/01/05/tortillas/</loc><lastmod>2015-01-05T02:05:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2014/12/28/living-on-mexican-time/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/013.jpg</image:loc><image:title>013</image:title><image:caption>No respectable American is without his watch. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/014.jpg</image:loc><image:title>014</image:title><image:caption>Time is digital.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/016.jpg</image:loc><image:title>016</image:title><image:caption>Calendars keep track of events in linear fashion.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/019.jpg</image:loc><image:title>019</image:title><image:caption>Aztec calendars recorded time as a cycle. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/20141107_233355597_ios.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20141107_233355597_iOS</image:title><image:caption>Towns used to have a tower to tell local time.
Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, Mexico </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-29T02:47:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2014/12/12/lying-and-the-greater-good/</loc><lastmod>2015-01-05T14:30:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2014/12/11/the-virgin-of-guadalupe-gods-feminine-face/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_20141211_092400.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20141211_092400</image:title><image:caption>Even unreligious people acknowledge her presence. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_20141211_092452.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20141211_092452</image:title><image:caption>She is the unifying identity for all Mexicans. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_20141211_092236.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20141211_092236</image:title><image:caption>The Virgin appeared at an Aztec sacred site. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-01-03T08:53:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2014/12/07/i-didnt-think-id-like-it/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/11741.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1174</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1174.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1174</image:title><image:caption>43 missing students on the minds of Mexicans. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-08T03:15:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2014/12/04/home-sweet-homestay-living-and-loving-the-language/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/25-de-abril-017.jpg</image:loc><image:title>25 de Abril 017</image:title><image:caption>My padrino and madrina. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/958.jpg</image:loc><image:title>958</image:title><image:caption>A comfortable place called home. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1092.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1092</image:title><image:caption>Homestay cooking for the body and soul.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-21T17:25:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2014/11/24/spanish-getting-it-write/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_20141123_072523.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20141123_072523</image:title><image:caption>Writing what interests others is liberating. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1506.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1506</image:title><image:caption>Writing reflects thoughts in a moment of time; an intellectual artifact.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_20141123_072733.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20141123_072733</image:title><image:caption>Glyph, Oaxaca, Mexico</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-11-24T02:22:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2014/11/20/ya-basta-celebrating-an-unfinished-revolution/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_20141119_224844.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20141119_224844</image:title><image:caption>La prensa - the press, covering the scandals.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_20141119_224744.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20141119_224744</image:title><image:caption>Popocatepetl - ever ready to erupt </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_20141119_224801.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20141119_224801</image:title><image:caption>Emiliano Zapta, revolutionary icon.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_20141120_145049.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20141120_145049</image:title><image:caption>A boy dressed as a guerrero for the day.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_20141120_145234.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20141120_145234</image:title><image:caption>The causes of the 1910 Revolution resonate today.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1483.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1483</image:title><image:caption>Graffiti against the President and his wife. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_0996.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0996</image:title><image:caption>The Mexican tricolor. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-11-20T23:06:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2014/11/19/speak-up-i-cant-hear-myself/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_20141118_174714.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20141118_174714</image:title><image:caption>Practice can bring out the beauty in your speech. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_20141118_175248.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20141118_175248</image:title><image:caption>Find a quiet place to practice Spanish aloud.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_20141118_175038.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20141118_175038</image:title><image:caption>Sometimes our Spanish needs renovation. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-11-19T01:05:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2014/11/13/rainy-day-spanish-when-youre-all-alone/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_20141113_092203.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20141113_092203</image:title><image:caption>Winding, colonial streets like streambeds.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_20141113_091727.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20141113_091727</image:title><image:caption>Reading aloud takes you to the next level. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_20141113_091610.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20141113_091610</image:title><image:caption>These friends lead you to new worlds of expression. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-02-25T02:40:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2014/11/10/tianguis-being-comfortable-among-strangers/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_20141110_1155332.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20141110_115533</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_20141110_115340.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20141110_115340</image:title><image:caption>People come from all over the Mixteca to buy and sell. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_20141110_115450.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20141110_115450</image:title><image:caption>Standing out is part of the social context. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_20141110_1155331.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20141110_115533</image:title><image:caption>Language and culture is the heritage of generations. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_20141110_1152211.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20141110_115221</image:title><image:caption>Beneath the color lies the organic reality of culture. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_20141110_115221.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20141110_115221</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_20141110_115533.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20141110_115533</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1151.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1151</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1098.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1098</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1099.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1099</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-11-13T16:17:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2014/11/03/dia-de-los-muertos-to-be-or-to-be-on-the-day-of-the-dead/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_0970.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0970</image:title><image:caption>Our soul is the first casualty of our lie.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_0986.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0986</image:title><image:caption>Decorated tumba or grave, Panteon de San Felipe, Oaxaca.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-11-06T15:23:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://midlifespanish.com/2014/11/05/shifting-focus-feeling-the-language/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_20141105_113436.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20141105_113436</image:title><image:caption>Spanish conversation lis like a winding street in Oaxaca. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1035.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1035</image:title><image:caption>Fluency flowers in its own time. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1025.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1025</image:title><image:caption>Feeling the language opens the door to fluency.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1023.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1023</image:title><image:caption>Worrying about mistakes tangles a  conversation. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://midlifespanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1015.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1015</image:title><image:caption>Humility is the avenue to self acceptance. 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