Oaxaca-The Year After: Serious

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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Monday, May 27, 2013

Serious

Well, not exactly. I mean cereus, as in night-blooming cereus, you know, selenicereus grandiflora.

I have grown these before and you have to watch them closely because the blossoms only last one night. They do fill the air with the most wonderful fragrance. The buds come to maturity quickly and when ready, start opening at sunset, are fully open in a couple hours and by the next day are closing up and looking spent.