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

Saturday, August 6, 2011

State of the World

Two halves that can never be put back together.

Actually, this is the one surviving melon from my garden.  It seemed they presented too tempting a taste treat to some night visitors and when I went out to check this morning, only this one remained.... with only a few teeth marks and nibbles on one end.

But really, the state of the world is not so good if one can believe one's lyin' eyes.

I think this story typifies what is going on.  Governments simply do their best to ignore the people.  In the States it is economic and political.  Here, people are dying.

“They’ve sought to reduce (the talks) to insubstantial media formality, even as the legislative agenda continues onward deaf to the voices of the citizenry.”

Sound familiar.  No, it is not about the US.

Read the whole story from the LAHT.
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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I would divide the melon into more pieces . . . and include the teeth marks and nibbles. Yes, I agree with you!

August 7, 2011 at 6:39 PM

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