Dirt in Chacala

I was at the tianguis/street market in Las Varas a couple of weeks and got to talking with the husband of the woman who has a plant booth. He and Jesus, one of my neighbors who has a used clothing booth at the tianguis, made a plan with me to bring two sacks of nice dirt down to Chacala for me. I was kind of half watching for the dirt, but didn’t really expect to see it. Many times plans don’t happen here, at least not the way I expect them to.

But the sacks of dirt showed up at my place, on the steps, on Friday afternoon, after this week’s tianguis. I wasn't sure who to pay. Then today I was standing on the road in front of Aurora’s talking to someone. It was a vistor who told me that on Friday a woman in a truck, named Angelica, was asking where I lived. Just then Jesus drove by. He told me Angelica has brought the dirt down. And that Angelica was the plant lady. And I should pay her. I told him to tell her I would see her at the market on Friday.Just now I took a little break from writing. One of my favorite little kids, Caesar, just came visiting. At Christmas he gave me a little gift. I told him to come to my house for his gift. And he showed up today. I had some little toys for him, but it turned out he wanted food. So we opened the fridge and he picked out an apple juice, a tangerine and eggs. Then I added one of the chocolate bars some visitors gave me. His Mom loves chocolate, like me.We put his stash in a plastic bag, and he headed home. I heard him call me a minute later. He was down to the road, with the bag of food and toys over his shoulder. He called up “Gracias, Anee” and gave me a big wave and a smile. Nice morning.