Posted in Culture, Food, Gardens, Travel & Tourism, tagged corn, courtyard, light and shadows, maiz, Mexico, Oaxaca, photos, popular travel destinations, Teotitlán del Valle on January 28, 2022| 4 Comments »
I’m home in Barrio de Jalatlaco — rested, recovered, and caught-up — after a three-day fiesta at the home of my compadres in Teotitlán del Valle. Tranquil before photos…
Three days of breakfasts, lunches, and dinners with 20 to 160 family members and compadres, formal presentations, and a ritual ceremony — all to acknowledge and celebrate the promise of marriage between the youngest daughter and her intended. More from the celebrations to come.
Posted in Creativity, Music, Transportation, Travel & Tourism, tagged #VochoViernes, Mexico, Oaxaca, photos, popular travel destinations, song "Drive My Car", The Beatles, Vocho, Volkswagen, VW Beetle, VW bug on January 21, 2022| 8 Comments »
Meet The Beatles in a Beetle! You just never know what you will see on the streets of Oaxaca.
Now I can’t get, “Drive My Car” out of my head!
Posted in Churches, Flora, Neighborhoods, Travel & Tourism, tagged Barrio de Jalatlaco, flowering trees, Mexico, Oaxaca, photos, popular travel destinations, Pseudobombax ellipticum, Shaving Brush Tree, Templo de San Matías Jalatlaco, trees on January 17, 2022| 2 Comments »
The 361 year old decidious Coquito de la Iglesia de Jalatlaco trees in the atrium of Templo de San Matías Jalatlaco are beginning to bloom.
El Coquito (aka, Pseudobombax ellipticum, Amapola, Xiloxochitl, Sospó, Clavellina, Shaving brush tree, Cabellos de Ángel, Angel hair) is one of my favorite trees in Oaxaca.
Posted in Buildings, Creativity, Culture, Travel & Tourism, tagged light and shadows, Mexico, Nathaniel Hawthorne quote, Oaxaca, papel picado, photos, popular travel destinations, streets of Oaxacaa on January 13, 2022| 10 Comments »
It feels so good to feel good again and be able to go out and about!
Yesterday, with every step I took…
I gathered energy from the light and shadows and the sound of papel picado fluttering above.
“Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.” —Nathaniel Hawthorne
Posted in Casita Colibrí, Celebrations, Creativity, Culture, Holidays, tagged COVID-19 fallout, El Día De Los Reyes Magos, Epiphany, los tres Reyes Magos, Mexico, Oaxaca, Omicron variant, photos, Three Kings Day, Wise Men on January 6, 2022| 14 Comments »
Today is Día de los Tres Reyes Magos — a day the children of Mexico receive gifts from the Three Kings (aka, Three Wise Men, Magi). Alas, I am in quarantine at home with a possible case of the Omicron variant of Covid-19. I say “possible” because, though the rapid antigen test result was negative, Emerging Data Raise Questions About Antigen Tests and Nasal Swabs. Plus, three days after attending an event where I took off my mask to eat and drink, I began experiencing all the symptoms — stuffy nose, sore throat, headache, dry cough, and no energy. Ugh! Fortunately, I am double vaxed and boosted, and after two days of feeling miserable, I am beginning to feel somewhat human again.
Instead of greeting the Three Kings on the street and watching them bring smiles and gifts to the children of Oaxaca, I will content myself with keeping company with my Melchor, Baltasar, and Gaspar — woven of palm fronds in the Mixteca region of Oaxaca. And, I will treasure the gift of wonderful friends and neighbors who have kept my larder stocked and generously offered their help while I’m confined to quarters. They are my reinas y reyes (queens and kings)!
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