Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.
- William Blake
Wind Lightening Thunder Rain
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. Isaiah 11:6 I love watching the weather move in. At its simplest, Oaxaca has two...
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Short Fiction – Seduction
Graham made all the arrangements. I was busy with a project. I didn’t even have time for a cursory review let alone the usual detailed preparation we generally put in. B was a famous writer. I knew he was eclectic and lived in Oaxaca. Eclectic isn’t quite right. He...
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Short Fiction – The Argument
No one remembers how it started. It was some silly little thing like the color of the water at Las Canteras. He said it was green. She said it was blue. Something like that. Things now were totally out of control. She insulted his mother. He called her sister a...
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The Dust Gatherers
The dust whispers into town like fog the difference being that fog bubbles are hollow and wet while dust bubbles are solid and dry. The houses are painted in bright colors so that people can find their way. The red houses lead to restaurants, the green houses to...
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Green Leaves, Muted Flowers, Darkness
He feels as if he’s being watched. He looks up from the book to scan his surroundings. He sees nothing but green leaves, muted flowers, darkness. He listens. He hears only the singing of the grasshoppers, chapulines as they are called in the markets in Oaxaca....
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Gerardo Navarro Gómez: Art in the Slow Lane
[Click on BLUE links for sources and information] I want to sleep in the country, by the river, to retrieve the dreams of my youth. Gerardo Navarro Gómez The story of the life to date of the Zapotec, Oaxacan, Mexican artist Gerardo Navarro Gómez has been...
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Guest Post: A Saint in the Compost by Montgomery Howard
[Click on BLUE links for sources and information] Two years ago Think in the Morning wrote about Monty and Pilar (Huertos Bi Nisa): Some Traditional Markets of Oaxaca. Since then their Saturday market location has moved from outside Casa de las Bugambilias on...
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Napkin Art Gallery Complete For Now
[Click on BLUE links for sources and information] Think in the Morning Napkin Art Gallery is complete for now. Nearly 1500 napkins have been posted in the gallery. Twenty-three artists are identified by name. The remaining napkins are signed with initials only...
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Less is More
[Click on BLUE links for sources and information} Minimalism has been a fascination since the beginning of time, the simple life as an anecdote to the hunger for wealth and fame. Jennifer Michael Hecht tells a story about the great cynic Diogenes that dates from...
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The Goldilocks Life
[Click on BLUE links for sources and information] All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All play and no work makes Jack a mere toy. Maria Edgeworth, Harry and Lucy Concluded What is “just right” when it comes to “how to live”? Sarah Bakewell’s book on...
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Ayotnizapa, Tlatelolco, Kent State and More: Massacres as Public Policy
[Click on BLUE links for sources and information] 43 students disappeared from Ayotnizapa College in Iguala, Mexico on September 26, 2014. To date the case has not been solved. In June of this year an investigative commission for truth and justice was authorized...
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Volver (To Return)
[Click on BLUE links for sources and information] Back in Oaxaca. A ghost. The mother in the quirky movie Volver (To Return) or is it the other way around, Juan Preciado in Pedro Páramo? I’ve left something undone. No idea what that might be but I’ll find out....
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