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Newsletter #10 Fall 2022

Mary Jane Gagnier Dear friends of Oaxaca,2022 comes to a finale with rejoicing curtain calls. Let’s not leave the best for last but proceed in reverse through a year to remember. On October 31, Alana Jane Mendoza Pedro was born to her gushing parents: my son Gabriel and his darling wife

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Newsletter #9 Winter 2022

Mary Jane Gagnier The New Year is Hopeful Chosen David Attenborough is my hero He says we must re-wild the earth Yesterday, a woodpecker, a female Ladder-backed worked away Drilling a drying agave stalk to make her nest Today her mate, dazzling red crown, is busy on the job Fingers

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Newsletter #8 Fall 2021

Mary Jane Gagnier Dear friends of Oaxaca, Oaxaca, has returned to green, along with 8 other states in Mexico. The rest of the country is yellow except for Baja California that is orange. At the moment everyone 18 and over in Oaxaca has received their first vaccine and by Christmas

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Newsletter #7 Spring 2021

Mary Jane Gagnier At Casa Murguia and Rancho Pitaya I know it’s been some time since my last newsletter. I’ve been really busy since the end of the year. Mexico is a top destination for digital nomads enjoying regular paychecks and horse riding tours, by nature “al fresco”, are the

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Newsletter #6 A Late December Update

Mary Jane Gagnier I wish everyone fair weather and good footing as we crest the pass to the new year. 2020 has gone by at a racehorse gallop. Despite no tourism in the 2nd quarter, I was determined to keep the horses fit and trained, and with the help of

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Newsletter #5

Newsletter #5 Posted on 25 October 2020 Year of the Pandemic By Mary Jane Gagnier I urge you to read the on-line version with photos on the Horseback Mexico website. BIRTHDAY BRUNCH AND THE RUBY-THROATED MIGRANTS ARE BACK Exciting News: Unique Extended Stay Offer at Rancho Pitaya. Riders, Hikers and Birders pack your

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The “New Normal” and Oaxaca’s Perfect Summer Weather 

Dear Friends and Family,   From Oaxaca, this is the 4th of my “pandemic” updates. The “New Normal” and Oaxaca’s Perfect Summer Weather   August 13, 2020 The New Normal Oaxaca is proving it can bend the curve of infection significantly downwards and what supports this success is massive adhering

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May 12 Oaxaca Update

2nd Oaxaca Update May 12, 2020 Dear Friends and Family,  Last Sunday, May 10th, was coincidentally Mother’s Day in Mexico as well as the rest of North America. It was reassuring that the feminine powers of nature finally bestowed a proper tropical downpour on Rancho Pitaya.  Last Saturday, May 9th,

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News from Oaxaca

Dear friends,  I think many of you are wondering how Oaxaca is doing. Oaxacans are resilient, elastic and resourceful; they expect change and assume impermanence. The country of Mexico registered 1,890 confirmed cases yesterday, April 5th. According to John Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html there has been 79 deaths, that is

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