Perros porque por que no?
It was more than a year ago that I attended a dog photography workshop. I learned a lot. Mostly, that it's harder than it looks. These are some of the ones that turned out. None of the dogs are mine. I can't even remember the names of them, except the little guy, who was named "Bullet." I don't know ...
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Una vista sobre Pachacamac
Last October we went to Peru and visited the ruins of Pachacamac, about 40 km southeast of Lima in the Lurin River valley. The site was settled around AD 200 and was named after the "Earth Maker" creator god Pacha Kamaq by inhabitants who predate the Inca. The site flourished for about 1,300 years until the Spanish showed up ...
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Musical interlude
Last Saturday, after woodworking class, waiting for the
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You ain’t no friend of mine
Our latest writing exercise was to write 400-ish words based on a standard fortune cookie fortune. Mine was "Beware of an offer that seems to good to be true." He sighed. "Well, this isn't helpful." "What?" she asked, sipping distractedly at the dregs of her Diet Coke. He held up the thin strip of paper between his ...
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Alone Together: Powerful stories of sisterhood and solitude in Latin America
Last Friday saw the official launch of Alone Together: Tales of Sisterhood and Solitude in Latin America from the Red Bull Rooftop and I was fortunate enough to attend. The latest English-language book to come out of Bogota from Bogotá International Press, Alone Together features the incredible true stories of 36 ...
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Fight song
This month's writing exercise was to produce 400 words based on a song that asked a question. I received Patti Page's number-one novelty song, How Much is that Doggie in the Window? "I hate this fucking song," he said. "I know," she said. "I do, too." "Then why did you put it on again?" He knew why. It wasn't ...
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Bogotá builders
I'm back at the Escuela de Artes y Oficios Santo Domingo, this time for a woodworking/joinery course. As the school is smack dab in the middle of La Candelaria, part of my new plan is to go early and capture the neighborhood before it ramps up to receive its usual throng of tourists, hawkers, workers, pigeons, pickpockets, ...
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