Oaxaca-The Year After: How does your Garden grow

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.

Sunday, September 23, 2018

How does your Garden grow - Within the Walls

Happy to share shots of the outer garden, but much has happened within the house's courtyard. I have to say, even out here in the country, it is nice to have walls enclosing the house. As with the large outer garden, I pretty much started from scratch with soil that was like cement. It was so hard, I removed all of it and filled the kitchen garden with compost and worm casings. Incidentally, those wind chimes are tuned to a C major pentatonic and D major pentatonic scales, which gives me a nice lydian vibe with all the wind we get. There is a small front garden, which is still a work in progress.