Teacher Appreciation Day May 18, 2023 “If we do not know anything, then everything is complicated.” Noam Chomsky Monday is Teacher Appreciation Day throughout Mexico, […]
Our Man in Oaxaca: In Broad Daylight
In Broad Daylight May 27, 2023 The assailant was 20-something and had short black hair. He wore black pants and black shirt, sneakers, and he […]
Our Man in Oaxaca: More Angry Teachers
More Angry Teachers June 9, 2023 Patricia Guadalupe’s current stay with us is indefinite at the moment, particularly because all roads north out of the […]
Our Man in Oaxaca: Return to Hierve El Agua
Return to Hierve El Agua June 13, 2023 I hear the song and immediately stop in my tracks. So distinctive, so familiar, but the memory […]
Our Man in Oaxaca: Water, Air, and Medicine
Water, Air, and Medicine June 20, 2023 All of Mexico has been engulfed by a heat wave for almost two weeks. In the lowlands of […]
Our Man in Oaxaca: Come the Second Rainy Season
Come the Second Rainy Season July 13, 2023 The Mexican heatwave has finally broke. Daytime highs drop to a comfortable 79 or 80. Moreover, the […]
Our Man in Oaxaca: On Food
On Food July 20, 2023 “Oaxaca cheese is tasteless, it feels like ‘rubba,’” says Brid, my Australian neighbor. Kangaroo man has a point. This cultured […]
Our Man in Oaxaca: The Carmine Age of Oaxaca
The Carmine Age of Oaxaca July 28, 2023 My grandson Theo wakes up at dawn and is ready to eat, while his parents are more […]
Our Man in Oaxaca: El Tule
El Tule August 3, 2023 “Two thousand years ago…this whole area was lush, embedded in a swamp; now it is arid semidesert for much of […]