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JANUARY 27, TUESDAY
FEATHERING MY NEST A very strange idea just occured to me. When I look around my apartment, the way that I have feathered my nest, the things that I have collected and placed all around me, are things from all
JANUARY 27, TUESDAY
FEATHERING MY NEST A very strange idea just occured to me. When I look around my apartment, the way that I have feathered my nest, the things that I have collected and placed all around me, are things from all
JANUARY 26, MONDAY
STAYED IN Today everyone was still forced to stay inside. It was too slick to drive anywhere. The storm was over and we hadn’t lost power and everything was ok. We just couldn’t go anywhere. Again, all I could think
JANUARY 26, MONDAY
STAYED IN Today everyone was still forced to stay inside. It was too slick to drive anywhere. The storm was over and we hadn’t lost power and everything was ok. We just couldn’t go anywhere. Again, all I could think
JANUARY 25, SUNDAY
THE STORM Today was the day of the storm, the day I was supposed to return from San Miguel. For some reason the storm pretty much curled around Western North Carolina. There was a thin film of ice and no
JANUARY 25, SUNDAY
THE STORM Today was the day of the storm, the day I was supposed to return from San Miguel. For some reason the storm pretty much curled around Western North Carolina. There was a thin film of ice and no
JANUARY 24, SATURDAY
GLOOM At 9 a.m. this morning Alex Pretti was shot, murdered as he was helping a woman to her feet then sprayed with tear gas and assaulted and the shot ten times. This darkened all of the next week. It
JANUARY 24, SATURDAY
GLOOM At 9 a.m. this morning Alex Pretti was shot, murdered as he was helping a woman to her feet then sprayed with tear gas and assaulted and the shot ten times. This darkened all of the next week. It
JANUARY 23, FRIDAY
NOT FITTING IN All my life I have had trouble adjusting to being back in the United States. People talk about culture shock as the discombobulation that happens when you are suddenly in a country where you don’t know the
JANUARY 23, FRIDAY
NOT FITTING IN All my life I have had trouble adjusting to being back in the United States. People talk about culture shock as the discombobulation that happens when you are suddenly in a country where you don’t know the
JANUARY 22, THURSDAY
GOODBYE Before leaving our palatial house in San Miguel, just before the shuttle arrived at 8:30 a.m. to take me and Lucretia, who was also leaving early, to Leon and our flight to Dallas/Fort Worth the yoga group gathered in
JANUARY 22, THURSDAY
GOODBYE Before leaving our palatial house in San Miguel, just before the shuttle arrived at 8:30 a.m. to take me and Lucretia, who was also leaving early, to Leon and our flight to Dallas/Fort Worth the yoga group gathered in
JANUARY 21, WEDNESDAY
TRANSITION Suddenly two things were happening: my trip was abruptly over along with the time here of the second yoga group. It was the impending snowstorm that brought my trip to an end three days early. By Sunday, the day
JANUARY 21, WEDNESDAY
TRANSITION Suddenly two things were happening: my trip was abruptly over along with the time here of the second yoga group. It was the impending snowstorm that brought my trip to an end three days early. By Sunday, the day
JANUARY 20, TUESDAY
LETTING GO At the end of a trip overseas something deep inside me begins to bend back toward home as the trip is coming to an end. Part of me is always anticipating the future, so the trip begins to
JANUARY 20, TUESDAY
LETTING GO At the end of a trip overseas something deep inside me begins to bend back toward home as the trip is coming to an end. Part of me is always anticipating the future, so the trip begins to
JANUARY 19, MONDAY
PAINTING CLASS Today we walked eight minutes to Haasi, Casa Cultural + Cafe, where we explored the paper mache painted objects in the store (I bought a paper mache cross candlestick) and then sat at tables while the history of
JANUARY 19, MONDAY
PAINTING CLASS Today we walked eight minutes to Haasi, Casa Cultural + Cafe, where we explored the paper mache painted objects in the store (I bought a paper mache cross candlestick) and then sat at tables while the history of
JANUARY 18, SUNDAY
ZAMDUNGA The music venue, Zamdunga, a half hour drive from town, is only open on Sunday. It features a marvelous band, this time from Cuba, a bar with all kinds of mixed drinks, a long all you can eat buffet
JANUARY 18, SUNDAY
ZAMDUNGA The music venue, Zamdunga, a half hour drive from town, is only open on Sunday. It features a marvelous band, this time from Cuba, a bar with all kinds of mixed drinks, a long all you can eat buffet
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 