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South, and South Still: April 2010
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Thursday, April 29, 2010. A Country of Poets. This photograph is clearly a metaphor. I believe it was Isabel Allende who wrote in her memoir My Invented Country. Puedo escribir los versos más tristes esta noche. Escribir, por ejemplo: "La noche está estrellada,. Y tiritan, azules, los astros, a lo lejos.". El viento de la noche gira en el cielo y canta. Puedo escribir los versos más tristes esta noche. Yo la quise, y a veces ella también me quiso. En las noches como esta la tuve entre mis brazos. Porque ...
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South, and South Still: July 2010
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Thursday, July 29, 2010. Yanquis in Latin America: Buenos Aires pt. 1. I am looking back now, at the end of two weeks of travel and recounting the events that transpired. Yanquis in Latin America: Salta pt. 2. I am looking back now, at the end of two weeks of travel and recounting the events that transpired. In South America are a big deal in general.). Tuesday, July 27, 2010. Yanquis in Latin America: Salta pt. 1. The next morning, BT and Chris were freezing. They lacked the proper attire for the sn...
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South, and South Still: Dieciocho or The Mountain the Tried to Kill Me
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Dieciocho or The Mountain the Tried to Kill Me. Artist's rendering of the Elqui Valley. Click to Enlarge. Better late than never. Now, Spanish wisely has multiple words for hill, depending on size. This particular geographical beast was a monte. Or as I translate it, baby mountain. By the time we made it to the top, I had come to realize that I had bitten off more than I could chew and that the decent was going to be near impossible. On top of everything, my irrational ...Great...
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South, and South Still: December 2010
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010. I'm going North. Back to the States. Thus brings this Chilean chronicle to a close. Keep your eyes peeled for when the book hits shelves. Thursday, December 2, 2010. And as such I have precious little time and internet to allow myself the to ramble on about what was, without a doubt, my most emotional time in Chile. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Nope, not Texas. View my complete profile. JFM Around the World. Yanks Across the Pond. A Couple of Yanks in Oz. Never A Single Story.
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South, and South Still: El Camino del Desierto
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Thursday, October 21, 2010. El Camino del Desierto. Inspired by actual events.which, coincidently, are recounted below. Chileans who discover our wall will no doubt assume it was built by aliens. When dawn broke, we packed our sleeping bags and walked back to the city, leaving behind our wall as a reminder to the desert that we had once been there. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Nope, not Texas. View my complete profile. JFM Around the World. Yanks Across the Pond. A Couple of Yanks in Oz. SSLC is W...
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South, and South Still: A Month of Asados
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010. A Month of Asados. One of our family's little "urban" parrillas. Some have meat and cannot eat, and some cannot eat that want it. But we have meat and we can eat - And let the Lord be thanked.". I was encouraged to call Ryan, who was still asleep (sidenote: Ryan has a reputation in my family of constantly being either tired, asleep, or falling asleep. A typical conversation will go, Mom:. Está dormiendo." Mom:. Whenever my family hacen asado,. Come the last week in October, I...
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South, and South Still: Redemption
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Monday, October 18, 2010. People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.". After the primer ronda. Of debates in Antofagasta, in which my team resulted in fifth place, my co-teacher Oscar ensured that each day leading up to the segunda ronda. The final takes place on the 5th of November (Guy Faulks Day). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Nope, not Texas. View my complete profile. JFM Around the World. Yanks Across the Pond. As note...
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South, and South Still: Don't Hate, Debate
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Wednesday, October 6, 2010. Don't Hate, Debate. He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense.". Allow me to explain the situation. The English language debates were begun when the Programa Ingl. É s Abre Puertas. Chile should implement the humane killing of street dogs. Chile should maintain its open door policy on immigration. It's hard to be gangster in a cardigan. Nope, not Texas.
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South, and South Still: November 2010
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Monday, November 15, 2010. In the end, everything is a gag.". Goodbye to Northern Beaches. Being its only true saving grace. The better choice has always been Iquique, which is unfortunately five hours away. Ryan and I, over the course of our seven and a half months in Calama, made four trips together to Iquique (he numbered five himself) for the beach, to hang out with other gringos, and most importantly to forget we were in the desert for a few days. Goodbye to the Greenhorns. Which I had been eagerly ...
