Small Town, Big Hell

11 months in and life here feels especially small.

Cat and I arrived at San Agustín Etla’s municipio building right at nine, ready to help a local dog, Marijuana, get neutered.

Cat is Catalina, our friend and former neighbor who was visiting from New York City, and Marijuana is not the name I gave the dog. Rather, his moniker is what the neighborhood drunks began calling him after his original owner une…