Oaxaca Shopping Mania: Take Advantage of My Weakness
I’ve just published a number of new items for sale on the Gallery–Shop Here page of this web site (see home page, click on button under banner). I don’t usually shop for and buy Oaxaca art and craft because I need it. I do it to support the artists and artisans. The creativity that is […]
Women Speak About Safety Traveling to and in Oaxaca
Eleven women gathered together in early March 2011 to participate in our first Oaxaca Women’s Writing and Yoga Retreat: Lifting Your Creative Voice. All were from the United States except for two, an Australian transplant living in Mexico City and a local Zapotec woman from the village of Teotitlan del Valle. Nine of us traveled […]
Oaxaca, Wednesday, March 2-4, 2011 — Not Warm, HOT
Is it global warming that makes the temperature so unpredictable these days? Or is my memory of March pasts failing me? My bags are packed for my flight to Oaxaca tomorrow, but I may need to reconsider! Temperatures will range from 89-93 degrees Fahrenheit according to the Weather Underground. That’s HOT. Pull out the lightweight […]
Perception vs. Reality: U.S. Ranks #7 in Gun Violence; Mexico Ranks #17
Is it safe to travel to Mexico? Is it safe to travel to Oaxaca? Is it safe to fly to Mexico City and change planes for Oaxaca there? Here’s a web site you should know about: NationMaster sent to me by my friend Sheri Brautigam, an expat who lives in Oaxaca. It is a massive […]
How safe is it in Oaxaca, Mexico?
February 21, 2011, Pittsboro, NC — In eight days I’ll be leaving for Oaxaca, traveling solo. My flights will take me from RDU to JFK to Mexico City to Oaxaca. (A circuitous route for sure, yet the most economical on the day I decided to buy my ticket.) Am I concerned for my personal safety? […]
Video Features Textile Exhibition at Museo Arte Popular Oaxaca
Museo Arte Popular Oaxaca is a cultural center in San Bartolo de Coyotopec, the famous village that produces barro negro (black pottery) on the road toward Ocotlan. Featured this month is “Tres Colores — Indigo, Cochineal y Caracol,” an exhibition of textiles from throughout Oaxaca state curated by Alejandro de Avila Blomberg. The textiles are […]
Oaxaca Lending Library — Making Connections for Gringos
A year ago my friend Shannon Pixley Sheppard left Mill Valley, California, to settle in Oaxaca. She took an early retirement from her career as a librarian and decided to make her way south where life is vibrant and a retirement income can stretch considerably. She volunteers at the Oaxaca Lending Library which is a […]