For those who don't know--in 1997 Chris and I came down to Chiapas and worked on a project constructing a clinic in Zapatista territory.  It was meant to serve 12 communities and eventually serve as a teaching clinic too.  There were  lots of big plans, but when we left there were three very basic buildings, some basic medical equipment, a water ( Read more... )

Oh my, If I did science fiction I could teach Flight by Sherman Alexie.  Okay, I am going to pass out from excitement now.  I am totally nerding out.

I know everyone else I know in the teaching world is either on summer vacation or winding down, but I just got my program for next September at my old school and have curriculum on the brain.  I will be teaching 3 sections of 9th grade English and a 12th grade English elective that can be anything I want!  What to do?!  I have two ideas that have ( Read more... )

Back in the old days San Cristobal wasn't so much of a hippie/hipster paradise where you could sit in a wine bar on a pedestrian walkway or eat homemade ravioli in a trattoria run by transplanted Italians.  If you wanted to go out at night, there was pretty much one place to go:  Las Velas.  A cheesy night club that played Ricky Martin remixes and ( Read more... )

is the main market and the organic tianguis on Saturdays.  And the carnicerias, panaderias, Lacteos Maya, and the jamoneria.  This was today's shopping:


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I haven't been posting much because nothing much has been happening.  Just a lot of regular uneventful days--pleasant, but not particularly interesting and the random thoughts that pass through my head seem to find themselves ending up more often on Facebook than here ( Read more... )

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Guess who went to school today?  Lucy!  Thank the Lord in heaven they finally decided to start school up again.  When the vw bus came and whisked her off this morning, it was a beautiful thing.  And she came back happy.  And so was I.  Though I got to say, I did pretty darn good for three weeks of non-stop, balls-out (probably not the right ( Read more... )

Haven't posted in a while because busy with the kiddos. Here is what is up:

1.  They turned our electricity off yesterday!  Why?! Because we didn't pay the bill, which we didn't get!  And they literally came with these huge pliers and cut the wire on the meter outside of our house! And it smoked and sputtered!  So I went to the CFE and paid the bill ( Read more... )

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