by Eileen | Jan 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
I take it from what I see on the internet that I am expected to do an accounting of 2011, lauding it or maligning it. 2011 deserves neither from me, it was a year, like many others (but not this one!) with 365 days in it. There were some very good moments, and some...
by Eileen | Dec 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
Now that the photos have been rescued, the latkes have been cooked and consumed, Christmas pavlova has been ingested and copious amounts of iced drinks sit ready and waiting for me to guzzle, I can finally take a minute and talk about Suriname. I arrived to Paramaribo...
by Eileen | Dec 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
In a somewhat unfortunate turn of events, I learned that you should not store thousands of photos on iPhoto. And I also learned that I’m what I’d like to call an organic user of computers, which means I go any which way and organize things how I think they...
by Eileen | Nov 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
This week, young Nathan, who we call that to distinguish him from another Nathan I know, and who also no longer lives here, was back in Chile. He (young Nathan) was here working for a local news outlet last semester, and came back to research a story for his grad...
by Eileen | Oct 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
I don’t know about you, but I don’t need little ceramic busses cram-packed with figurines and chickens on the roof. And I’ve seen them in Ecuador, in Guatemala, in Bolivia. Certainly I don’t need one that says Arequipa, Peru. I’m also all...
