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Café Con Leche: Welcome, little son...
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As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world." -Virgina Woolf. Friday, June 14, 2013. Welcome, little son. To this strange land where the toilet paper goes IN the toilet. July 15, 2013 at 7:35 PM. We are heading to Oaxaca as you are leaving it. Could you tell me how hard it will be to find a house that will take 3 dogs and two children? August 7, 2013 at 2:20 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I live in North America: Oaxaca, home by choice, and San Jose, home by default.
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Café Con Leche: Diferente.
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As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world." -Virgina Woolf. Thursday, September 26, 2013. A shocking number of years ago, when I went to Mexico for the first time, my host family asked if they could call me "Tere." I said I'd prefer. Maybe I'm just old. But I feel like I'm also a little bit someone else. Someone who sometimes dreams in a language I didn't even understand back them. Someone who's done things so differently for so long that everything from Before se...I'm volun...
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Café Con Leche: December 2013
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As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world." -Virgina Woolf. Thursday, December 12, 2013. Mermaid tails and Santa wings. Can't you see I've got my hands full with ONE? 8220;Mom, why I live on two planets? Asks four-year-old Isa from the backseat. We’re driving to Trader Joe’s for eggs. I know exactly what he means. He learned to walk on dirt roads and in alfalfa fields; he took his first solo steps while we were helping our neighbors shell corn. I took a personal day at work b...
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Café Con Leche: Opting in, opting out.
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As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world." -Virgina Woolf. Monday, September 9, 2013. Opting in, opting out. I thought that maybe what I've been doing wrong is trying to follow my heart too much. Except maybe with fewer orgies). And that maybe, in order to ever have a chance at financial stability in the world we actually live in, I would have to opt into it and tell my hippie-dippy do-gooder little heart to shut the hell up. I want to live here! I've also been volunteer tea...
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Café Con Leche: March 2013
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As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world." -Virgina Woolf. Wednesday, March 13, 2013. The Color of Chocolate. It's ironic but true that in Mexico, where the vast majority of people are not this color, this color is still known as "color carne": flesh color. Last week in Isaias' class, they were coloring paper dolls of their families. The teacher asked what color skin is, and the children chorused: "COLOR CARNE.". But Isaias said, "NO. Mi papito es de color.
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Café Con Leche: April 2013
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As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world." -Virgina Woolf. Tuesday, April 30, 2013. For their fortieth wedding anniversary, el Don y la Doña both dye their graying hair a startling, shiny black. El Don looks small and fragile in his good white guayabera. His wife has a good three inches and twenty pounds on him; she’s solid and strong under her pink lace dress. Ibis is their extra, honorary son; they took him in when he was a lonely university student in a strange city.
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Café Con Leche: February 2013
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As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world." -Virgina Woolf. Friday, February 1, 2013. Things I as a Non-Mexican Will Never Understand: #43. We have had this conversation at least two dozen times. Ibis: I'm hungry. I'M SO HUNGRY. I haven't eaten ALL DAY. I'm going to die if I'm not eating something within five minutes because I'M SO INCREDIBLY HUNGRY OH MY GOD. What food is there? Ibis: Are there any tortillas? Ibis: I'm not really that hungry. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Café Con Leche: El Mangal
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As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world." -Virgina Woolf. Wednesday, April 3, 2013. In La Colonia nothing seems to change. The generations slowly shift, but today’s 18-year-olds cook over wood fires and have too many babies, just like their great-grandmothers did. There’s no cell phone signal—there’s one phone in town, in the centro;. If you get a call, they announce it over the loudspeaker and you run. Everything revolves around corn. Tortilla is a verb: tortillar. This we...
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Café Con Leche: January 2013
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As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world." -Virgina Woolf. Wednesday, January 30, 2013. It’s early evening, and the sunlight sifts between the hills in golden sheets. In a field of long grass, some horses are grazing: one spotted, one gray, one white. And on the white horse’s back, a white egret is perched. The curve of its neck a question with no answer but this valley, sliced by light. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. I'm Better in Real Life.
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Café Con Leche: June 2013
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As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world." -Virgina Woolf. Friday, June 14, 2013. Welcome, little son. To this strange land where the toilet paper goes IN the toilet. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). I live in North America: Oaxaca, home by choice, and San Jose, home by default. View my complete profile. Welcome, little son. I'm Better in Real Life. Five Years of Zinashi Magic. 2kids3cultures Adventures of an Indian/Gringa ex-pat Mama in Oaxaca, Mexico.