A woman running down a street is seen by a man who whistles to another man who whistles to the bus which not only stops, but backs up down the street to pick her up…
The fresh fruit and veg man and the gas man drive around all day and to get either one only has to yell out the window….not only that for two weeks Tota missed the fruit and veg and one day he called her when she was at the bottom of the hill to make sure everything was ok and when she responded that she now was at work when he came past he asked for her order over the phone and left it with her neighbor at the bottom of the hill for her to collect later…
I am regularly greeted as hija which I love, and the ninety year old woman on the street is called abuela by everyone and is checked on by regularly by anyone who passes…
There are no street addresses none are necessary I live with la tota and everyone knows where that is…
As I sat in the square yesterday the lone runner of the valley passed three times as the only place to run is in circles.
Tota is currently making lots of jeweler for semana santa and I want all of it. Stupid tourists. She makes the jewelry and Juanpa I actually have no idea how to spell it, a nickname pronouncd wampa takes it around the restaurants and squares selling it hopefully at an exorbitant sum though I don’t think so.
I have extracted myself from the weaving and am starting a drawing class on Wednesdays with the montegrande youth. This means I have to go to Vicuna sometime to buy supplies as they have nothing. I want to buy pastels and they have one pack at the Casa, but I think they might be difficult to find.
This weekend I am off to Santiago and Los Andes for Semana Santa…
xx
Do you want me to send some pastels to you? If the other package arrived it shouldn't take too long. Let me know. Good post. Glad you're going to santiago for semana santa. Have a happy Easter.xxmum
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