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

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Influenza porcina

Lots of questions on the swine flu. Travel is restricted. Not a good thing for the economy. Maybe 40 cases in Oaxaca. City out of face masks. Schools closed until May 6. One serious case in Juchitan. I have read that there were 150 deaths, but don't know the locations yet. More later.

La grippa is always bad in southern Mexico, due to the poverty and poor nutrition, but the clinicas in each village are impressive. I thought the health care system, in general, was better there then here in the US.

Of course, the media treats it like Brittany Spears, fanning the flames, speculating that we are all going to die and doing what they do so well... pontificating and laying blame. Morans! Do you jobs.

(Uh.. Chris... maybe you should stop reading all those newspapers and watching TeeVee... just a thought.)
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