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It is a mistake to write this essay. My neck has gotten an origami treatment from an airport terminal chair that is designed to look comfortable to anyone bereft of information about the design of chairs. I have been awake for twenty-five hours, with twelve more on deck.
To market, to market, to buy a fat pig… Well, not exactly. But I bet you could, if you went to the Lucas de Galvez market. We’d been advised, and directed, and cajoled, and practically suborned to visit the Lucas de Galvez market in Merida by pretty much
We were droopy. Sunburned a bit from a sojourn to Sisal the day before. Still exuding a hint of cervezas from our pores from the night before that. My wife suggested something less than a plan. Take a nap, and then go to La Ermita barrio again on
The intertunnel didn’t always suck pond water. All sorts of people used to contribute all sorts of things to it. It wasn’t a rigged game yet. It was lively and wide open. Guys like Claudio would close their bedroom door and do their best with their webcam blinking
I guess I am required to tell you about La Ermita. We have scampered over its brick pavers, risked lightning bolts by entering its ancient church, wandered its quiet streets, and desolated the provisions in its bakery, served by a true cinnamon girl. I’ll tell you about it,
I met a traveler from an antique land. He was riding a Dolphin. No, really. He was the type of philosopher who used to drop a flag when he met you. He spoke no English — he said. He did not lie. I don’t think his interior regions
In a previous life, I supervised the construction of commercial buildings — filling stations, convenience stores, restaurants — that sort of thing. After a short
There’s a moment just before the dawn in western Maine. It’s not ordinary. You have to have a view of it. The valley tumbles in
I’m forced to read the local papers now. They’re uniformly dreadful. But every once in a great while, there are some bright spots. I like
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