Sahara Lounge

We saw El Tule and Bachaco (above) at the Sahara Lounge in Austin, Texas, which I really recommend. Then we went swimming at Barton Springs. Axé.

Deep Events

Our society, by its very economic successes and consequent expansion, has been breeding impersonal forces both outside and within itself that are changing it from a bottom-up elective democracy into a top-down empire. And among these forces are those that produce deep events. Axé.

Elena Garro?

I did not know there had been a Mexican literary connection to the Kennedy assassination but look: One reason the Alvarado story could be endorsed vigorously by CIA Station Chief Scott was that it was corroborated in small details by other Phase-One stories, also from intelligence sources, and later similarly retracted.[76] One of these corroborative … More Elena Garro?

Fine Linens

Now that I have been paid, I will buy two standard shams of this type, spending $110. A lot of money, you say, but I run a miniature hotel and these shams hold up well for decades — in fact they become more, not less beautiful. I need another top sheet, too, as one of … More Fine Linens

La luz 4

Hidra absoluta es el amor, descansa carne y hueso, bajo la luz terrible del amanecer, más pura y recordada si más perdida en la silente novedad del cuerpo, sí más oscura el alma y más dormida su queja… Pertenezco a una época oscurantista, vana, por eso soy así, y porque los demonios me infundieron su … More La luz 4

El espejo paraguayo

Medio siglo de movimiento campesino, el principal movimiento antisistémico del Paraguay, muestra que no hay atajos que puedan sustituir el conflicto de clases. Que la presión internacional por sí sola no puede modificar la relación de fuerzas. Que hay varios tipos de derrotas. Que la derrota por represión no es tan destructiva como la institucionalización. … More El espejo paraguayo