What Is a Taller? Inside the Oaxaca Workshops Where Alebrijes Are Carved

A taller is a family workshop, and in the alebrije villages of Oaxaca, it is where the whole craft lives. One generation teaches the next, and a single household can carry the entire process from a...

The Empty Nest: Grieving and Rediscovering Yourself When They Go

The empty nest is the quiet grief many parents feel when their children grow up and leave home. It is a real loss, the ache of a house gone still, and it can also be the beginning of rediscovering ...

What Día de Muertos in Mexico City Is Really Like, Two Trips Apart

Día de Muertos, or Day of the Dead, turns Mexico City into a sea of marigolds, towering altars, sugar skulls, and parades at the end of October and into early November. I went twice while researchi...