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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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

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Getting ready for Muertos

I always like to visit the cemeteries or panteons a week or so before El Dia de los Muertos.  For one thing, they are extremely tranquil, not full of people and not full of flowers..... yet.  Really, it is just to watch the preparations and to get a little psyched.
These gentlemen were working on the exterior wall of the Panteon General in the city.
They were first brushing off the dust, then scraping where it needed it and then hitting it with a fresh coat of paint.
I am sure by next week it will all be done and ready to be adorned with flowers.  It is a long wall, maybe a couple of city blocks long, lots of work, but it looked to be going well.
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