Reading Oaxaca

Reading Oaxaca

“In northern Mexico they work; in central Mexico they think; in southern Mexico they rest.” She was travelling to Oaxaca for a two-year olds birthday party, the daughter of her friend.  Chocolate cupcakes and a wrapped present were in the carry on.  Her eyes laughed...
The Mendocino Shuffle

The Mendocino Shuffle

A few patrons and some of the staff referred to the Sea Gull Cellar Bar as The Meat Market or The Butcher Shop. This was a variant of the Mendocino Shuffle itself “a pun on the rather open sex life of many free-love folks at the time” and the inspiration for at least...
Alebrijes Make Me Happy

Alebrijes Make Me Happy

A small child is taken to the zoo for the first time. This child may be any one of us or, to put it another way, we have been this child and have forgotten about it. In these grounds – these terrible grounds – the child sees living animals he has never...