No es Chile el que limita con la Cordillera de los Andes, con el Desierto del Salitre, con el Océano Pacífico, con la unión de los dos océanos: la cosa es al revés. Es la Cordillera de los Andes la que limita con Chile, el Océano Pacífico es el que llega hasta la cumbre del … More Nicanor Parra
We may have vertical cuts at my university and I am slowly getting an interview wardrobe together. Today I bought these shoes. They had been marked down from $148 to $37, which I considered very good. Axé.
The budget situation chez nous is bleak. But I do like archival footage. Axé.
The bed of the salad is baby spinach, tossed with basalmic vinaigrette and chopped garlic. The shrimp salad that you ultimately toss with it is initially marinated and chilled for an hour in white wine vinaigrette. The salad is composed of the following: 1 large ripe tomato, sliced and the slices halved 1 large ripe … More Shrimp Salad with Two Dressings
Hurricane Katrina, five years on and still so many people are not home. So they can come home and stay, we need a coast, and for that we need among other things a United States Senator who supports coastal restoration. Charlie Melançon won the Democratic primary last night and we truly deserve your contributions to … More Walking to New Orleans
Here is a Category 5 hurricane nearing the Louisiana coast exactly five years ago today. A few hours after this picture was taken, Katrina came on in. The storm was on a Monday. Saturday and Sunday were comparatively festive, the traffic moving slowly to and through Maringouin in contraflow. Monday classes had already been canceled. … More Anniversary
Our building is only air conditioned part of the day, which means the air conditioning is only really effective in the afternoons, soon before it is turned off again. All the offices, and all the classrooms are the same size. Blackguard: I have a very large class, 32 students! I am so popular and heroic … More Vignette
* (Despite reports that the amount of oil the gulf is decreasing, the number of oiled birds found daily has increased since BP capped the well, according to the Times-Picayune). Axé.
There is just something about having on my table a copy of this newspaper that I bought in town. And there is just something about its being an old newspaper, with urban tradition. I am so urban, it is pathetic. The dining room is a shrine to New Orleans at the moment, with its old … More Times-Picayune
“‘Yo no voy a morir de enfermedad, ni de vejez, de angustia o de cansancio. Voy a morir de amor, voy a entregarme al más hondo regazo. Ya no tendré vergüenza de estas manos vacías ni de esta celda hermética que se llama Rosario. En los labios del viento he de llamarme árbol de muchos … More Sobre la muerte
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