by Eileen | May 14, 2008 | Uncategorized
cowsies Cargado originalmente por bearshapedsphereOn a recent bike trip in Costa Rica, the burning sun popped up over the horizon promptly at six AM, crawled inexorably across the sky, impossibly noon-like in its intensity for hours on end, only to disappear in barely...
by Eileen | May 14, 2008 | Uncategorized
vendedor Cargado originalmente por bearshapedsphereThis shaved-ice seller is so jaded, he doesn’t even look at the water, or glance at the pale sunbather beside him. I wonder what he’s listening to on his MP3 player, and how clean his hand is as he leans...
by Eileen | May 13, 2008 | Uncategorized
dog inside/outside Cargado originalmente por bearshapedsphereEvery now and then, I’ll be walking around and see a dog that believes he’s outside. He sniffs the air, and people watches, defends his territory with a snarl or a bark. With the head and feet...
by Eileen | May 12, 2008 | Uncategorized
The point of the story that T, a gringa, was telling her husband was how preposterous it was that a confused man approached the two of us, obvious foreigners, speaking English, and T with cascading blonde hair, for directions to an address he had on a furled up piece...
by Eileen | May 11, 2008 | Uncategorized
For years people have been extolling the virtues of green tea. Antioxidants! Antiaging! Anticancer! Antianti! It’s time for me to come out as anti green tea. I’m sure it’s healthy, and it will save my life and make me a stronger athlete and a better...
by Eileen | May 11, 2008 | Uncategorized
tienen buen lejos Cargado originalmente por bearshapedsphereIn Chile to say that someone has “buen lejos” means that they look good from a distance. I’d like to say that was a witty way of me saying that these gents look better from a distance than...
