Eli - 10-21-2010 at 02:42 PM
Ay que Mi Linda Oaxaca, "Tierra del Sol". Perfect for a walk last night, down right chilly this morning, very warm, hide in the shade hang in a
hammock kind of mid day. I saw my original Maestro de Arte, Armando last night, it was so very good to connect again after too long a time away. I
down right forgot how much I Love Oaxaca until I got back. It is good to be here!
Eli - 10-22-2010 at 09:43 AM
Well wouldn't you know it, I am happier in Oaxaca than I had planned, it is not going to be so easy to leave as I thought. As much as I miss home,
this is very comfortable. Of course, I already have a work table set up with a collage and I am painting the Virgin of Guadalupe on a broken roof tile
to give thanks for making me feel so welcome and at home where every I land.
Sometimes, I think the hardest thing in my life, is I like it all. I want to be in Coatapec, I love it here in Oaxaca, I sure want to go home, man,
do I miss Chiapas, when oh when will I ever make it back to San Miguel, dang but Michoacan calls me, and what about Guatamala, I wonder what Antigua
would be like, huuuuummmm.
DENNIS - 10-22-2010 at 09:53 AM
Where is "home" Sara? You seem to have so many places you think of as home.
Natalie Ann - 10-22-2010 at 09:56 AM
Well, my dear Sarita, I was wondering how long it would take you to remember your great love for Oaxaca and your family there. Less than a day, huh?!
Have fun there these coming weeks with your art and your teachers. Return to Barriles to hug and kiss the grandkids on their own turf. THEN all
these other great places await you.
Guess I'm going to have to get my patootie down there to see what art goodies you're bringin' back.
abrazos fuerte, amiga,
nena
Eli - 10-22-2010 at 11:01 AM
Dennis; HOME sweet HOME is Los Barriles. This is where I lived as a kid, where my father is buried and my grandchildren were born and are now being
rasied.
Ah but, My heart also lives in Oaxaca and now Vera Cruz.
I guess in the end Home is Mexico, or at least Planet Earth.
[Edited on 10-22-2010 by Eli]
Eli - 10-22-2010 at 11:07 AM
Nena, it would be just to sweet to sit in the gallery and share it's evolution since you were last there. Love Ya, Sara
Eli - 10-26-2010 at 08:36 AM
Oh how Oaxaca seduces me! It is just way to easy to be here in this comfy home I have on loan, spend my mornings painting, afternoons wandering around
the City. I know it is time to go home to Baja, yet there is just so much more I want to experience before I go, sigh............Ni Modo
BajaBlanca - 10-26-2010 at 08:39 AM
Can you post some pictures ???? I have never been to Oaxaca and wd love to see what it looks like. Gracias.
Eli - 10-29-2010 at 06:07 AM
Well, I thought I knew how to post pictures, but obviously not, I will keep trying.
Eli - 10-29-2010 at 08:16 AM
The manifest is part of Oaxaca's personality. Last week, the bus drivers were protesting for better payment policys. There was a very small one
yesterday, these Marchers were requesting more teachers for rural areas. There is a joke in Oaxaca, that one of these days the Dogs are going to
protest the Cats.
The riots of 2006 have not been repeated since. Although better this year than last, Tourism has not been the same since that uprising. I was here
that year, and really if one did not hang out in an APPO camp at 2 a.m., one was left alone by both sides. Still, the damage to the economy was
devasting for the local community, more than 5000 people lost their jobs in the tourist industry.
The art, the color, the sounds, the smells, the hospitality of the people is the wonder that always draws me back. Oaxaca has always been very kind to
me, (even in it's most difficult times).
Yesterday, I went to El Centro de Abastos, I wanted to do some Day of the Dead shopping and buy a big canasta for shipping. Before I left the house, I
took off my earrings, gold medallion, and rings. Also, I did not take my camera, as much as it is a wonderful opportunity to shoot pictures. Only to
go to this imense Market would I take this type of precaution. Although any where that it is crowded, I wear my money purse in my bra. One needs to be
aware, that's all.
Sara
Eli - 10-29-2010 at 08:21 AM
Oh, Lencho, I forgot to mention, that in the end, nothing changed in the school system, the teachers got a minor raise and a few more benefits, but
they did not consider it enough and of course continue to make public speeches and denounce the government. No real good came from that type of
violent manifest, never does.
Cyanide41 - 10-29-2010 at 08:46 AM
I was thinking you were talking about this Tierra Del Sol, http://www.tds4x4.com/
Eli - 11-26-2010 at 11:37 AM
Larry, when I ate my last Tlayuda yesterday, I thought of You. It was homemade and the best yet.
Today I get on the bus, Mexico City bound, one night in a hotel and I am finally after almost half a year going home to Baja. My thanksgiving dinner
will be a Paella fest Saturday with family.
It has been a wonderful adventure, Southern Mexico has treated me with the greatest kindness, but still I must say the ol cliche, the best thing about
traveling is going home, I am just so ready to be home.