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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You can find my music on Jango (World & latin - Worldbeat) and at iTunes and most online stores.
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If you are coming to Oaxaca, please contact me for tours or advice.

Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo
The view from Corazon del Pueblo

The hereafter re me

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

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

It's beginning to look like... Muertos

 

Every year I drive around to various villages to see the new murals for the muerteadas and for Muertos in general. So today I was in the Etlas and lucked out getting the wonderful shot as a student came by and her family encouraged her to pose.

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Sunday, October 26, 2025

In Search of Cempasuchil/Marigolds

As Oaxaca gets ready for El Dia de los Muertos, Day of the Dead, there are fields filled with flowers that will soon decorate the ofrendas, the altars, the graves and just about anything that can be decorated.  The most common flowers used are Cempasuchil or marigolds and Cresta de Gallo or red cockscomb.  Each year I do a search for them, but this year I could not find any until… 

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