From the monthly archives:

March 2009

Taíno Take-off

2009.Mar.07 Saturday

 The Caribbean writer today is a creature balanced between limbo and nothingness, exile abroad and homelessness at home. – Jan Carew, novelist Buenos Aires – With Ushuaia now left in the distance, though I will be back at some time to check out all the stuff I didn’t get to, and perhaps continue on to [...]

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A Day of Pleasure

2009.Mar.05 Thursday

 The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.” – Isaac Asimov, author Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego – The one thing I forgot to mention in yesterday’s post was that Tuesday was an absolutely delightful day, weather-wise – the temperature rose to around 60°F, there was little wind, few clouds in [...]

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Incurious

2009.Mar.04 Wednesday

 In politics I am growing indifferent – I would like it, if I could now return to my planting and books at home.” – Ulysses S. Grant, former president of the U.S.A. Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego – I cannot decide if the right word is incurious, indifferent, or perhaps even disinterested. But it is a [...]

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El Culo del Mundo

2009.Mar.03 Tuesday

 The mate was a mighty sailing man, The skipper brave and sure. Five passengers set sail that day For a three hour tour, a three hour tour. – from the lyrics to Gilligan’s Island (as if you didn’t recognize it) Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego – Okay, we were eight passengers and it was a four [...]

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The Very Deep South

2009.Mar.02 Monday

 If there’s a bright center to the universe, you’re on the planet that it’s farthest from.” – Luke Skywalker, Star Wars Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego – The three and some hour flight is uneventful as I wing my way to the furthest south point of “civilization” on the globe, setting me down in a mountain [...]

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Paradise Found?

2009.Mar.01 Sunday

 It is a curious thing… that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste.” – Evelyn Waugh, author Buenos Aires – While it’s still fresh in my mind I wanted to post this review from last eve – I’m now in the deep south of Tierra del Fuego, [...]

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