Magic and mystery: Danza de la Pluma, Teotitlan de Valle.
A day and (long) night of magic and mystery that is the Saint’s festival of Teotitlan de Valle.
How to step out of your (food) comfort zone and into your connection with place: Mexico.
Food is a direct way to connect with an unfamiliar culture. Food takes us to the most primal part of ourselves; it’s what sustains us, comforts us, and excites us […]
About
About me. The Ida {P} Files are inspired by eighteenth century explorer Ida Pfeiffer and George Eliot’s assertion “It’s never too late to be what you could have been.” Pfeiffer and Eliot were two women who did what they wanted at a time when most women didn’t. I began this blog in 2014 when I […]
Transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary: Casa de los Venados, Valladolid.
I’ve always loved “folk” art. Even when I was a teaching courses on ‘high’ art – the renaissance, modernism, post-modernism. Even when I was deeply submerged in […]
Swimming underground – the cenotes of Vallalodid, Mexico.
A few years ago the Mexican tourist bureau, picking up on the currency of the adjective “magic”, identified a number of towns and villages as “Pueblo Magico”. Valladolid in the […]
Dia de los Muertos
In the first days of November, Oaxaca, Mexico, explodes into a technicolour, cacophonous non-stop parade of macabrely costumed people day and night. The focus of all this activity is […]
Interview Spotlight: Girl Academy
Originally posted on StartSomeGood:
An interview with the team from Girl Academy. They are working to empower Indigenous teenage mothers to make positive choices by giving young women a safe,…
Teotitlan skies, Oaxaca
I have a theory that no matter where you travel, the landscape of your childhood always resonates within you at some deep, visceral level. I grew up in Australia, […]
Saturday night, New Orleans
“Don’t be afraid. I am a black man, but I will not harm you.” He stepped from the shadows to stand under the street light. We walked closer. He held […]
Remembering in Berlin.
It’s our second last day in Berlin. The skies are grey. It’s cold and raining intermittently. It’s been a big two weeks. We loved Berlin from the start. The streets […]
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