Carolyn Kingson, Author at El Ojo del Lago

Carolyn Kingson

Carolyn Kingson was born in New Orleans and received her PhD from Tulane University. Her field of interest was the physiology of sexual behavior; she published a number of articles in scholarly journals, one garnering attention when it was cited in Playboy under the heading “Use It or Lose It.” In 1970 and ‘71, after teaching in Michigan, she and her then-husband traveled around the world, beginning in Japan and reversing the hippie trail to Europe. Later, she returned to teaching, had two daughters, dropped out and built a house in a village in New Mexico, made high-end jewelry, painted, and wrote five novels. She helped compile and contributed to Viva San Pancho, an account of life in the village where she and her second husband bought a home in 1996 and to which they retired in 2005. She has also lived in San Sebastián, and now, Chapala.

It Was Just Like That

Though I met my husband, Jonathan, 50 years ago, we didn’t marry until 20 years later. It was all very messy. Not only did I have a first husband, but later Jonathan had a first wife, They were marriages about which we were both serious, and in which we were both unhappy, and all the […]

On the trail of a catastrophe

1 Comment / January 2024 / Carolyn Kingson

As my husband and I made our way around San Sebastián’s plaza on the Day of the Dead, with real sadness we encountered the altar dedicated to the memory of Doña Conchita Sánchez Encarnación, who had departed without our knowledge. Her ofrenda was located under the gazebo in the center of the plaza, perhaps an

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