In the last 72 hours I have been battling every digestive disorder known to man. While I can conquer the run of the mill flu or sinus infection in 24, I was laid out by this stomach bug for the last three days. I slept through most of it but lets just say, it sucked. Nothing worse than working through fever delirium with kids screaming in the background. But I am better today and back into the game tomorrow.
Categories: too lazy to write anything
Tagged: stomach flu
Our first summer in Junin De Los Andes was spent building a house, exploring all the amazing rivers, and me trying to figure out who this person was. I came across her frequently in my shopping adventures in Junin. Pretty much at any commercial enterprise I would find some version of this rendering framed and predominately displayed, often behind the cash register. I believe the organic vegetable stand had her floating in a Lucite block amongst the tomatoes. I think it took a few weeks seeing this image in a very subconscious way before my brain asked me why is Anne Frank being lionized in this sleepy Mapuche town in northern Patagonia? Is Junin a sister cities with Amsterdam? Was there a Anne Frank/Patagonia connection? Had the Frank Family spent a fly fishing vacation in Junin? (more…)
Categories: argentina
Tagged: anne frank, laura vicuna, patagonia
I always go first to Frank Rich, this week is no exception. Which came first torture or the Iraqi War?
In case you havent heard, Wednesday is the 100th day of Obama’s administration. There are lots of articles about what he has done and hasnt done.The Nation has a series of articles. Its obviously complicated, they like him and they dont…their editor has her say.
A funny from the Atlantic Monthy.
Those who like to portray Obama as the Marxist Boogeyman should read this.
John Dickersen at Slate writes a balanced article about developments this week in torture.
Happy torture reading!
Categories: Political · Suggested Reading · too lazy to write anything
This is a photo from last year’s Halloween parade at the kid’s school. This spectacular costume is being worn by a 7 year old. While this child is totally fluent in English, clearly the parents aren’t. It happens. Only the native English speaking people over 13 years old were stunned by the reference to oral sex. What I still don’t understand is why this came in a child’s size.
Categories: absurdity · kids · too lazy to write anything
Wednesday is baked treat day at our house. In an effort to eat more sanely, we have instituted Wednesday as the one day of the week when the kids are greeted by a butter and sugar laden concoction often enhanced with chocolate. The rest of the week they need to be happy with nuts, fruits, yogurt or popcorn as an afterschool snack. So the pressure is on me to come up with a baked good that will satiate them until next week. I have a softspot for bars..yummy cookie dough without the wait. Because I cant get Reeses here, I substituted two large bars of good quality chocolate chopped up (1 or 1 1/2 would have been sufficent). I also used all whole wheat flour and 1 1/2 cup oatmeal. Recipe and kid review after the jump.
Categories: cooking for kids
I have been thinking about really committing to writing. I have thought making this blog part of the process of writing better. I have thought about how to make this blog more fun. I dont know how exactly you would characterise this blog. Political, cultural, and personal.
I thought about what blogs I enjoy reading. I read expat, house, political and mom blogs. I also read several newspapers and new magazine websites. I am thinking about broadening what I write, perhaps this making it easier to write everyday. We will see. It is worth a try.
Categories: self-indulgence · too lazy to write anything
I am feeling a lot less in exile these days. But my blog is still a mess of political and personal thoughts along with experiences of living in Argentina. While I can't promise, I will try to balance talk about my kids with something more universally relevant. And sorry if salty talk is offensive but I was a derivatives trader in another life and it cant be helped.
