Most of this post was written before Hurricane Gustav came into being, but these first paragraphs are written from my very couch, with the help of electricity restored by workers from northern Texas! Other emergency workers I saw were from Kentucky, Indiana, and Oklahoma, and of course from here. There must have been many more, … More Reading for Pleasure Wednesday: Charles Barber, Helen Redmond
I wrote this post a few days after returning from Peru, so not all of the sensations and impressions it registers are current. It is ironic that I programmed it almost two weeks ago to come up the week of Hurricane Gustav. Soon we will be in a position to compare not only traffic jams … More On Culture Shocks
I am not interested in the discussion of whether Sarah Palin is good for women or not – that is ridiculous, of course she isn’t. If people claim to vote for McCain so as to vote for a woman, I will only think they are trying to hide their closet Republicanism. I wondered, when McCain … More Sarah Palin
Hier ist ein important post. It is about sexism and gender discrimination. That was going to be all I said today, but I have read about knowledge and also tried to cook, so this post has had to be renamed for Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and philosophy “done” in the kitchen. * Here … More Juana de Asbaje
Friday is the three year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. We interrupt our regular programming to say that Tropical Storm Gustav will, if he holds his current course, make landfall in South Louisiana Monday night. By the time you read the following discussion from it will no longer be current, but I am pasting it in … More Hurricane Gustav
The most difficult adjustment upon changing places from Latin America to the United States is that here, we are expected to flush toilet paper. It is sacrilege. You could ruin your plumbing system from here to Kingdom Come, and you can abandon all hope of ever decontaminating your waterways. I was shocked in IAH to … More On Housekeeping, Hygiene, and the Medio Ambiente
SONG: CHOLO SOY I have played the song “Cholo soy (y no me compadezcas)” before. I posted it with a photo safari type video here, and it was taken down. Then I said que el Perú es de la conchaesumare, ¡putas! And the video I wanted, returned. Most of the images are not as cheesy … More Your Travel Guide Recontra-speaks
Part I: Part II: Part III: Part IV: Axé.
It is the weekend, so we will learn history and sing! Like many cities, Lima swang in the sixties – while the national government fought guerrilla movements. (There were two coups d’état as well, although there was also an elected President part of the time. He had an interesting life, in my opinion.) Part I: … More Lima in the Sixties!
Last Wednesday I discovered the blog Choledad Privada, a nonacademic blog by an academic (just like this one), so today I am featuring it. Read it for pleasure. If you are one of those prepared to understand it, you will instantly see why I recommend it. And it is also a FACEBOOK group, which makes … More Reading for Pleasure Wednesday: Private Cholitude
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