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    • Making Tortillas

    • Making Tortillas

    • food and meals

    • The people seen here are part of large farming family from a small pueblito in Mexico. They go out together to their milpa in the country every Sunday to do whatever is needed to raise maize, peppers, beans, squash, and marigolds (for religious...
    • Wood Fire Cooking

    • Wood Fire Cooking

    • Food and meals

    • Although tanks of natural gas are available in this small pueblito in Queretaro, Mexico, families here still cook on open wood fires to a large extent. Trucks selling gas make themselves noisily known as they drive through town with music blaring...
    • Working in the Milpa

    • Working in the Milpa

    • Food and meals; Agriculture

    • The people seen here are part of large farming family from a small pueblito in Mexico. They go out together to their milpa in the country every Sunday to do whatever is needed to raise maize, peppers, beans, squash, and marigolds (for religious...
    • Plastering Mole Pots

    • Plastering Mole Pots

    • food and meals; elders

    • Mole is a traditional Mexican sauce made from 20-30 ingredients, including chili and other peppers, nuts, seeds, fruits, spices, herbs, and various other items (often chocolate, tomatoes, etc). The recipe and process used by the woman in this...
    • Cooking Mole

    • Cooking Mole

    • food and meals; elders

    • Mole is a traditional Mexican sauce made from 20-30 ingredients, including chili and other peppers, nuts, seeds, fruits, spices, herbs, and various other items (often chocolate, tomatoes, etc). The recipe and process used by the women in this...
    • Mole Operations

    • Mole Operations

    • food and meals; elders

    • Mole is a traditional Mexican sauce made from 20-30 ingredients, including chili and other peppers, nuts, seeds, fruits, spices, herbs, and various other items (often chocolate, tomatoes, etc). The recipe and process used by the women in this...
    • Family Time in the Milpa

    • Family Time in the Milpa

    • food and meals; elders

    • The people seen here are part of large farming family from a small pueblito in Mexico. They go out together to their milpa in the country every Sunday to do whatever is needed to raise maize, peppers, beans, squash, and marigolds (for religious...
    • Casa 2

    • Casa 2

    • housing

    • Houses are varied in this small pueblito in Mexico. This is my neighbor to the front. It is not unusual to see dogs and even chickens on the top story or roof of a house. A major flood here during rainy season last year led many to build an...
    • First Day Fans!

    • First Day Fans!

    • schools; children

    • This was taken on September 5th, 2011 on the first day of school in Guyana. I spent the day with the Department of Education making sure schools were ready, had their lesson plans and attendance records in order, and checking to see if any repairs...
    • Game Time

    • Game Time

    • youth development; games

    • I helped lead an English leadership summer camp at a school in L'viv. Here I was explaining a game, and the kids were excited to get started. I believe the game happening in this picture was "Giants, Wizards, & Elves."

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