In “Los Jardines de Moktezuma: Happiness Sprouts in the South Valley,” South Valley farmer Fidel Gonzales talks with Ungelbah Dávila-Shivers about music, gross national happiness, and how Los Jardines de Moktezuma came to be.
What constitutes the good life is subjective and, as the stories in our new issue suggest, multifaceted. In the pages of the Early Summer issue, writers investigate ways to reform our relationships with other animals, plants, and the planet itself; to celebrate a sense of community that comes from gathering once again, such as for a matanza; to appreciate all the little things, like making coffee each morning, that make up the day.