by Eileen | Apr 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
One of the English expressions that made my students laugh, back when I used to teach a whole bunch of people from all around the world, was “to fall asleep.” On the one hand, with any luck at all, you are not falling anywhere. On the other hand, there is...
by Eileen | Apr 9, 2013 | art, chile, photography, santiago
This is a building I had/have an unnatural affection for. This photo is from a couple of years ago, it had since been vacated (and the restaurant inside, named for the street it is on, moved, strangely, across the street to the street Farnor Velasco). What you see...
by Eileen | Apr 3, 2013 | chile, haha, language
You may recall that not that long ago, I went to Suriname. I was thinking about this today because I really want to go to French Guiana. If you know your geography, that’s not a free-association, so much as it is a geographic connection. But despite the capital...
by Eileen | Mar 8, 2013 | chile, language
My efforts to speak the best possible Spanish (for me) are far from over, and I just want to think a little bit here about the word effort. Last night I was at a photo exhibit launch at the improperly named “Mall Sport,” which should be called “the...
by Eileen | Feb 25, 2013 | chile, feria, food
Un atado. Now repeat after me: a-TA-o. Atar is to tie. An atado should be a thing that is all tied up. And it kind of is. It’s a mess. Tengo un atado= I’ve got a mess. But your life is not necessarily all tied, up, it can also be tangled, because...
