My fortune cookie today said an important package was going to come in the mail. I really hope it's an iranian passport.
I'm working on new and half-written songs today here in Dallas. Uncle Craig has been really good to me - over the weekend we visited (among other things) the Dallas state fair and had our photos taken with a blue ribbon steer. I learned that antlers molt and grow back but an animal with horns has the same set for life.
My time south of the border is still percolating in my head; I can't help but see things differently here in the United States now that I'm back. Over a lifetime of living here I have gotten so used to having access to more or less whatever I want or need - and to that being normal. I am getting a fuller picture that our country is the exception and not the rule. I'll try to post 4 photos from my trip for the next few posts:
This was a market I especially liked in Mexico City
The green fruit was very like a pomegranite - I forget the name now
Part of a massive Mexico City bakery, way bigger and fancier than usual
Mexico City trashman - the barrel swivels so he can dump it out
In all the countries I visited most people were really skilled at fixing things when they broke and recycling old parts. I saw a family of 9 drive down the street in a car so old it undulated as if it had several moving parts. Every computer I used had been somehow frankensteined together. The incredible ingenuity and resourcefulness was inspiring. I would like to be a part of a world that wastes less.
Hi Nim!
ReplyDeleteJust now catching up a little with your blog after a couple of months of not reading. I'm glad you've been traveling-- you're probably one of the better representatives of the States we could come up with-- and I'm glad you had good friends to take care of you when you got sick. Speaking of friends who get sick when traveling, Kevin Shoemaker and I recently had a good long drive to Columbus, Ohio from eastern Pennsylvania and back up to Syracuse, during which neither of us got sick except of each other's politics and philosophy. Not really-- at least for my part, I think his politics and philosophy are forgivable, considering he's a nice guy and a decent musician, as long as he doesn't get elected to any position of power; and I don't think he'd want to be-- right Kevin? Nima, are you planning to be elected to any position of power? I'd vote for you.
Thanks for the vote of confidence Glen, on both counts (as representative of the US and for political office). No plans as of yet. Sounds like you and Kev had a fun trip, you'll have to tell me all about it. I'll be driving through Cincinnati OH in the next week, visiting my dad's sister and her husband and daughter on my way up to my dad's. I'll leave my truck there and head to Iran when my passport comes in. I hope you and Kate are enjoying a gorgeous Vermont fall.
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