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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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

Monday, August 20, 2018

Red skies were an omen

This glorious sunset was yesterday.  Looks like a pyramid to the sun.  Today, after a sunny morning, the rains moved in and right now, it is completely socked-in.  I know there are mountains out there, but they are totally hidden by heavy clouds and rain, glorious rain.  This has been a very dry "rainy" season thus far and this will really help.  According to the weather maps, the rain is widespread and there are certain areas that really need it.  We drove the Ruta Mezcal yesterday, from Mitla to Ocotlan, and parts looked like they had received none thus far.  It looked like the "dry" season just never ended.  Every drop is a blessing!

1 comment:

Clever Monkey said...

Wonderful news for Oaxaca! And your photo of the sunset is indeed glorious. There's an old mariner's saying "Red sky at night, sailors delight; red sky at morning, sailors take warning" i.e. red sunset foretelling clear weather, but a red dawn storms coming. Maybe Oaxaca is so magical that that's turned upside down. When I lived in New York City, we considered that a fabulous sunset indicated more pollution than usual over New Jersey.
Diane