It is wonderful to be back in Oaxaca. As someone said, "Home is where the heart is." Nuf said. Seeing as though I normally live like a hermit or monk or misanthrope, social distancing is not a problem. However, I did have to go out to get some food and essentials to make it through extended isolation. With the peso at .04 US..... talk about culture shock between here and Boston. Wow!
However, Oaxaca and most of Mexico seems about ten days to two weeks behind what I experienced in Boston, which essentially shut down just before I left. Life and the economy is so different here. Many people live day to day, the street vendors, the restaurants, the markets, laborers of all sorts. One of the many things Oaxaca has instilled in me, is the concept of sharing and supporting. If/when things get bad, be a padrino. If you've got it, you have an obligation to share it.
Whip it... whip it good.
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Good to hear you made it back ok. Please please isolate for 14 days, best of health to you. I so appreciate your sharing of the culture and beauty of oaxaca.
That's the plan... really a continuation of my normal hermit life.
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