Somewhere in Mexico

Wonderful detail ... bravo my poetess

Thank you LilD...the image was really amusing.

"I've never really been, but I'd sure like to go..." - James Taylor.
Sounds cool, Kiddo.
I like it.

Matthew.

It's a trip...
"Buy the ticket, take the ride....!"
Hunter S. Thompson

Glad you're back, Kiddo. Something nice was missing without you!

Matthew.

I remember being a longhair in Tijuana
Seeing donkeys dolled up as zebras
And so many men hollering
To give me a cheap haircut

Hahaha....I am in Nogales right now. Those Mexicans...you got to love them. It must have been crazy in the 60s. There are hardly any gringos coming here anymore. Mostly people going to the dentist.

Hey, is that picture your actual cat's eye? I ask because I have a black Manx that it always reminds me of.

No, it's just a pic I found, but we do have a black cat. She came to us later and her eyes are more green. What is a manx? I will look it up....

Got it....cat without tail.

Naturally tail-less. My wife had a beautiful little girl black Manx named Ziola when we met. She stuck around long enough to meet our son but passed at the old age of 19 not long after he was born. Then we were able to find a rescue male black Manx named Harley. Big guy, with almost no stump even (Ziola had a cute little question mark-shaped stump). They are known for being kind of doggish in their personalities, as well as having kind of box-shaped bodies.

Ninja is the second cat we adopted here in Mexico. Bruni was our last stray...she died before we moved into another house. There is no shortage of cats to adopt here. You feed them once, they are your's.

Nice observation. When I ever see our local pastor (shepherd) with his donkey and cart trundling down the back-track behind our house I always get this feeling that 'life is all right' no matter how stressed I am, with what suddenly seem to me to be my very petty concerns by comparison. This is the gift from people living off the land in ways they have done for centuries - but it is a gift hard won, day by day, with very long hours.

Yes, I know what you mean. These people have lived like that for generations and they are tough as boots. Admirable. I try to understand Mexicans. They are very fatalistic and firmly grounded in it. I guess the belief in god deciding for them helps to accept things. I am not raised like that. As westerners we learn to be pro active and create our own reality....at least to some degree. That can become very stressful and driven. I guess there is a balance. I can't imagine just accepting miserable conditions and abuse as fate. At the same time I stress way too much over things. I can use some of the mexican attitude. It would help cut down my anxiety. Those old farmers and fishermen have lessons to teach.

I think there is a fine line between being 'fatalistic' (especially when driven by some catholic beliefs) - which is more like 'resignation' / (God's Will nonsense) - and truly 'accepting' a situation. The latter I believe clarifies and energises action to change what we can change - we are not powerless.
The 40 years of the Salazar dictatorship (even though ended in '74) still makes people here afraid to question anything, or to be pro-active to do something different. There seem to be a lot of parallels between Mexican and Portuguese country-farming mentality. I'm still learning.

Yes, agree about the fatalism....it's actually martyrdom. The catholic church has done a fine job here subduing people. At the same time mexicans are very anarchistic. There are plenty of laws in Mexico but nobody follows them. That goes for good and bad. It's very different from where I come from. Like you say, it takes a long time of immersion to understand a culture.

Have just seen this:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/12/santorini-greece-donkeys-overweight-tourists-animal-welfare
:))

Simple and to the point.

Yes, I like simplicity.

In Mexico there is beer, cold beer. In Mexico there is music, guitar music . In Mexico  you can get lost in the sun. In Mexico you can lost from yourself and find what was lost...a second chance


buddhakitty

Yes, that's what is is for some and many other things for others.
Thanx for dropping by BKitty

How's Mexico treating you, honey?

I used to frequent Tijuana when I lived in San Diego.  I would go there to purchase 100 blankets (when i could afford it) and around the winter holidays I would give away to the homeless.

I don't recall seeing one single donkey.  Doesn't mean they ain't there.  Maybe it was a time before I got there in the 1980's.

It was last month in Nogales. I had to pick up a car part on the US side and stayed in a cheap hotel close to the border on the Mexican side. I could hear the donkey in my hotel room. I just loved how they put the bucket to catch the piss.