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AUGUST 24, THURSDAY

KINDLINESS IN MONTEVIDEO After sleeping for 6 hours I woke up and for some reason was suddenly aware of kindliness in Montevideo, which is probably the thing that I will most remember about yesterday and about this trip. It started

AUGUST 24, THURSDAY

KINDLINESS IN MONTEVIDEO After sleeping for 6 hours I woke up and for some reason was suddenly aware of kindliness in Montevideo, which is probably the thing that I will most remember about yesterday and about this trip. It started

AUGUST 23, WEDNESDAY

CUSTOMS OFFICE FED EX ADVENTURE I wrote on Sunday about the pleasure of letting go of your own culture where you are constrained by the cultural conventions you know so well, constrained by knowing just how to fit in and

AUGUST 23, WEDNESDAY

CUSTOMS OFFICE FED EX ADVENTURE I wrote on Sunday about the pleasure of letting go of your own culture where you are constrained by the cultural conventions you know so well, constrained by knowing just how to fit in and

AUGUST 22, TUESDAY

CHILDREN I was on my way to Frog, my grocery store, at 3 in the afternoon. I noticed many parents and children. Maybe school had just let out or maybe parents had decided to take their children for walks at

AUGUST 22, TUESDAY

CHILDREN I was on my way to Frog, my grocery store, at 3 in the afternoon. I noticed many parents and children. Maybe school had just let out or maybe parents had decided to take their children for walks at

AUGUST 21, SUNDAY

ROW, ROW, ROW YOUR BOAT Yesterday Montevideo was a dream, but today I am reminded that it is because Asheville was getting to be so real that I hopped on the plane and landed by accident in Montevideo. Asheville, four

AUGUST 21, SUNDAY

ROW, ROW, ROW YOUR BOAT Yesterday Montevideo was a dream, but today I am reminded that it is because Asheville was getting to be so real that I hopped on the plane and landed by accident in Montevideo. Asheville, four

AUGUST 20, SUNDAY

MONTEVIDEO DREAM I know I am in Montevideo, but how or why is a mystery to me. It isn’t that I don’t know how I got here. I was looking for a month long trip in the summer when Europe

AUGUST 20, SUNDAY

MONTEVIDEO DREAM I know I am in Montevideo, but how or why is a mystery to me. It isn’t that I don’t know how I got here. I was looking for a month long trip in the summer when Europe

AUGUST 17, THURSDAY

STEAK I heard that because of the vast pampas of Argentina with its herds of cattle that steak would be terrific in Montevideo, that it was served everywhere and that it was cheap and delicious. So I was looking forward

AUGUST 17, THURSDAY

STEAK I heard that because of the vast pampas of Argentina with its herds of cattle that steak would be terrific in Montevideo, that it was served everywhere and that it was cheap and delicious. So I was looking forward

AUGUST 15, TUESDAY

UNBELIEVABLE I wake up thinking of genes and the body. Last night I realized that I have often been amazed that a machine in the lab at The Family Health Center could measure about 40 different chemicals in my blood,

AUGUST 15, TUESDAY

UNBELIEVABLE I wake up thinking of genes and the body. Last night I realized that I have often been amazed that a machine in the lab at The Family Health Center could measure about 40 different chemicals in my blood,