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Monthly Archives: July 2012
Wine
Wine I used to have to pretend a great enthusiasm for wine. I had to tout the merits of one over another for many years, attending wine seminars and secretly not smelling the saffron and mango accents so enthusiastically noted … Continue reading
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Tagged alcohol, diet, france, germany, jobs, restaurant, travel, wine
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Chela
Another one of my former students became a murderer. Her name is Marisela “Chela” Romero, and she shot Rene Carrillo in the head during a weekend camping trip on Mount Lemmon. She has been charged with second degree murder and … Continue reading
The Club
One snowy December night in the late 80s in the college town of Carbondale, Illinois The Club burned to the ground. We stood and watched the flames and smoke mingling furiously with our own misty, damp breath, huddling together … Continue reading
Ipanema
I befriended a 10-year-old boy in Rio one summer. Rio was our last stop before returning to the states, and we had a little over a week to explore the city. Our neat little hotel was close to Ipanema and … Continue reading
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Tagged Brazil, diet, Ipanema, memoir, Rio, south america, third world, travel
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Skulls
In the early 90s, I flew down to Belize not only to dive but also to immerse myself in what I expected would be a unique culture in Central America because Belize is a British protectorate nestled among Spanish-speaking … Continue reading
Hot
June 9 HOT Students these days love to refer to young girls as “hot.” Hot flashes, Arizona sun, sweating in bed. It is a nefarious practice of mine during the summer if I am not traveling to “crash” the pools … Continue reading
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Tagged education, growing up, memoir, peru, politics, south america, travel
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Taking Your Medicine
When I was seven, I dared my naïve neighbor, Paul Lumbsten, to stick a pink pencil eraser up his nose. He not only did so, but had to have it removed at the doctor’s office. It had lodged somewhere up … Continue reading
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Tagged childhood, diet, education, growing up, memoir, short story
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Half and Half
Half and Half Seven years ago my otherwise obedient body rejected half and half, full-on cream, ice cream, cheese and all its delectable incarnations. My calm stomach now hosted a storm of vitriol, refusing, anymore, to process lactose, up in … Continue reading
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