Fire in the Hills

A fire in our town activated the local municipal police—including Edgar.

The sun had already set when my phone lit up with a message from Edgar: “Un incendio en el cerro, se puede ver desde la casa.”

“A fire on the hill can be seen from the house.”

In Oaxaca the seasons are a bit reversed from what Americans are used to, and our hottest months are in April and May. This year, though, the heat began exceptionally early, in late…