Greetings, all!
The time has come to migrate my site to a place that I hope will be easier for both you and me to use: I’ve gone to Substack!
Those of you who are subscribed to my blog through email have been automatically transferred over (I think/hope/pray), but those who are following me through a WordPress account will need to subscribe over there to continue receiving notifications when I write something new.
For now, this should be your last email notification from this site; from now on, they’ll be arriving through Substack.
Thank you all so much for reading, commenting, and encouraging me personally. You make me excited to keep this writing thing going! 🙂
I’ll see you over there in my new place in a bit. Again, here’s the link: https://sarahedevries.substack.com/
¡Hasta pronto, amigos míos!
Sarah DeVries 
I have lived full time, never left Mexico in 15 years
I live not in a gringo area
I have accidentally gone to the wrong house
Knocked on the door
A home thankfully owned by Mexicans
No one shot me
Nope
They took me out onto the street and helped me find my actual destination
They involved the entire hood
Yup
Very kind
I backed my car up into my neighbours (I’m Canadian we spell that word different from American English)
Any way I backed my car up into their drive way
They came out
Not to shoot me but to wave a rag and help me to navigate the procedure
Then went out onto the street to be sure my exit was safe
They waved and smiled
Like old friends
I wore a hoodie and walked freely around all my Mexican neighbourhoods (there’s that word again
Except here
We call them
Colonials
Nope no one tried to shoot me
I was even running
They knew it was a chilly evening or it was my choice of wardrobe
Ha ha ha
Do I feel safe
I feel loved
Watched over
Taken care of
Ya al should try it out
You’ll be so pleasantly surprised how well you will be treated
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maybe you should have continued your mantra: Up to the Eastside.
Not sure if you are old enough to remember All in the Family/The Jeffersons. But that was part of their theme song.
In a sense, you are Moving on up to the Eastside. You are in Xalapa, Veracruz, and I imagine you don’t have a lot of gringa support.
Good luck in your transition.
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Not old enough to remember the show, but old enough to at least to remember the song! 😀
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Sarah, your article regarding safety in Mexico is “spot on”. Keep up the good work! Loretta
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Thank you, Loretta! By the way, I’ve migrated my stuff over to Substack, and will probably eventually get rid of this website as my “hub.” Here’s the address of the other one: https://sarahedevries.substack.com/
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Thank you for shearing 🙏🏼
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Thank you for shearing 🙏🏼
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