The here and now... and what and why

Complacency is a trap. At least that’s what I was thinking when I up and left the comfort of a Yankee prep school gig, where I taught music, amongst other things, for 28 years. There was also that life long career as a composer, musician and artist.

First, it was a year in St. Thomas, USVI, working as a reporter and shooting photography and then, a year in San Agustin Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Time passed.
More time passed and a year back in the Athens of America followed by a hasty return to Oaxaca where it is all happening.
A couple of years in San Sebastian Etla and now, just down the road in San Pablo Etla. Life is good.

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The view from Corazon del Pueblo

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Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
Musician, photographer, videographer, reporter, ex-officio teacher, now attempting to be a world traveler

Friday, January 28, 2011

Quick breakfast in Teotitlan del Valle


No, those are not the snow-capped mountains overlooking the zapotec weaving village of Teotitlan del Valle, just early morning clouds.

I am blessed to be shooting the preparations and the wedding festivities of one of the daughters of Zacarais and Emilia Ruiz this weekend.  This is a very traditional affair and it is indeed an honor to be invited and allowed to shoot.  They have been working towards it for weeks.  I will have plenty of posts and photos about all of it, but after yesterday's lunch in Tlacolula, I thought I would share today's breakfast in Teo.  I was out shooting the making of tortillas and tlayudas.  Yesterday, it was the shucking and sorting of the corn kernels.  Today, it was the finished product.
 
I have to say that a huge tortilla made from homegrown corn, hand ground with a matate and hot off the copal is simply indescribably delicious.  It was heaven.  I was handed two of them and given some atole and told to go sit and eat.  I will have more on the process in an upcoming post, but for now, let your eyes feast on these.

That is some queso fresco (fresh cheese) and a couple of delicious salsas, both from chiles pasillos.  Muy rico y picante!
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