de mortuis nil nisi bonum dicendum est José Emilio Pacheco, famous Mexican poet dies January 26. The cause – cardiorespiratory arrest. He had been hospitalized on Saturday after falling and hitting his head. Last night I briefly attended a wake for the sister of the cousin (Pancho) who lives next door. I left before it got …
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Was that Just Death?
Bring out your dead. Last evening, just as Human and I went out for our customary walk, I felt an uneasiness come over me. And I could not associate it with anything happening in me, or in my life. Usually I can attribute my anxieties to something, but this? I mean it, was no destruction …
Flowers for the Dead
I have to say, I was disappointed with the Day Of the Dead in northern Mexico. They have the chance to celebrate THREE DAYS of DEAD and.. they just haven’t got the sense to do it. So the occasion turned out to be more like a completely lame St. Valentines Day: Buy last minute flowers …