Do you ever worry that you’re turning into your Dad? My dad had many good qualities, but I always worried about his pride at waking up around 4am every morning, guzzling a 7-11 super mug-sized liter of homemade coffee and … Continue reading
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The sun is out and the birds are singing and my mind is racing. Right now, Harry Bellafonte sings “Sweetheart from Venezuela/Juanita” and I can either dance or write. I just got back from my single-gloved daily post office visit, … Continue reading
Maybe you saw this coming? Not the end of times, but the end of our time–this time–in Puerto Rico? One week of not working for Josh. Can you imagine it? Inconceivable? Yesterday we woke up realizing how long the work … Continue reading
It’s amazing how quickly you can accumulate things in a capitalist end-of-days society. For us, we arrived with our carry-on luggage and are now working to make a construction site feel like home. After the initial buying of air mattresses … Continue reading
One of the scariest things for me about spending a few months in Puerto Rico was that the boys would have to start a new school with only three months left in the year. In Puerto Rico, we were told, … Continue reading
When I first tried my hand at vegetarianism, circa the year 2000, I was forever perplexed by people saying how much they loved beans and rice. I couldn’t imagine a more boring thing to eat. Had I developed a taste … Continue reading
The police had swept the beach just 10 minutes before. We saw them drive from street to street in packs of three. We heard the whistles and we saw the tourists slowly walk back to their cars, many parked in … Continue reading
We don’t know what we’re doing or what’s going to happen. That’s the exciting part. And the scary part. So what can I tell you now? I mentioned that we’ve moved here to Puerto Rico, and in a sense we … Continue reading
Obviously it’s not “Day 1”. We’ve been in San Juan, PR for just over 3 weeks now. We didn’t make any big proclamations about moving here, in part because we were taking a few risks and didn’t exactly have work … Continue reading
Hi Everyone! We’re tributing to Dad this week–your Dad, My Dad, Daddy Musicians, Songs that remind you of Dad, Songs your Dad sang to you, Songs that let your Dad speak from the dead. Good stuff on this one–Billy … Continue reading