This first photo is of Alicia de Garcia (on the left), one of the main founding members of the Comadres and the woman who is there in the office every day and who cooks me lunch every day, standing together with an old friend who has lived in Mexico for a long time but is originally from Germany. She worked with the Comadres during the 1980s (the most dangerous period of their existence), and hadn't seen them in about three years until this past week, which she spent visiting them (and I got the benefit of her English-speaking ability if I didn't understand something, as well as her perspective on the Comadres then and now). This photo was taken last Saturday, when we took a day trip to Suchitoto, a town and region which was a guerrilla stronghold during the war, and now is very picturesque and touristic.
These two pictures are from yesterday, when we had a mini-birthday celebration for the German/Mexican friend who was visiting. From left to right we are (I'm going to use only people's initials, just to be safe): Alicia, D., M. (who works in the office), me, and seated: T. (who works in the office) and D., the son of P.
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