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XVI-rony
Day 511 – December 14, 2012 I know Peru is a majority Roman Catholic country. This is not a surprise to me. Given that The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2012 says that eighty-one percent of...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Delicate
Day 443 – October 7, 2012 Yes, I realize I am seven days overdue with this theme from WordPress but I am a proud alumni of Procrastination University and this is simply par for the course. This week’s...
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Like the Fourth in December
Day 521 – December 24, 2012 “Like Christmas in July” is a phrase common in the United States. Down here in Peru, that phrase can be turned on its head because for the past few weeks it has felt like...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: My 2012 in Pictures
Days 163 to 525 – January 1 to December 28, 2012 For their last weekly photo challenge of 2012, WordPress has asked people to create the year gone by in pictures. I’ll start off my septet of Peruvian...
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Road Reading
Day 528 – December 31, 2012 As New Year’s Eve moves into New Year’s Day, I wanted to take this opportunity to share with you one last observation I had about living in Peru for 2012. This nugget about...
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Now Available in White
Day 493 – November 26, 2012 My lack of Spanish has left me scratching my head over what I’m sure is an interesting story I read in a newspaper. In this Monday’s weekly section of El Comerico called...
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Lost in (Cinematic) Translation
Day 493 – November 26, 2012 These pages have seen my adventures in trying to navigate the world around me when I do not fully understand the language. There has been my lack of clarity over why Toyota...
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For Your Consideration
The presenting of the Academy Awards are nigh upon us. With that in mind, I wanted to take this portion of my blog space and let you know how the names of the nine nominees for Best Picture were...
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Iconic
Whoever is responsible for this logo is a creative genius. The country of Peru has created its own marketing logo. Seen on clothing and even the national currency, it goes by the name “Marca Peru” and...
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Here Comes the Judge
Following on my earlier posts about how Lima, Peru, is a magnet for bands – and especially those groups from the 1980s – comes this latest news that the following acts will be performing in the City of...
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Total Recall – Perhaps
This Sunday, March 17 (which is St. Patrick’s Day, but this seventeenth day of the third month is also the feast days for St. Jan Sarkander, St. Ambrose of Alexandria, and St. Gertrude of Nivelles…just...
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Update From Last Week
Today’s post – as the helpful title up top suggests – is all about updates from stuff I wrote about last week. Tuning Up As mentioned in this post (among others), Lima attracts many music acts from...
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Countdown Day
March 21, 2013 – Day 608 Since the creation of this blogspace – and with a few omissions such as the entries that have I done from February until now – I have started every post with a date and the...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Future Tense
January 20, 2013 – Day 548 “Future Tense” is this week’s photographic challenge from WordPress. I have to admit that I did not follow the theme exactly as advertised. The creators for this month’s...
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So Let it Be Written
March 25, 2013 – Day 612 Happy Passover (or Chag Sameach, if you prefer) from us down here south of the Equator. This holiday is celebrated with a seder, the Passover dinner. It is a time when the...
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When Art Imitates Life
March 10, 2013 – Day 597 On this Sunday, we had a cultural outing. I had seen that an art gallery located in the heart of downtown Lima was having a unique showing and I wanted to take the family...
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Despite What You’ve Heard, it is the Heat
April 3, 2013 – Day 621 When I was close to graduating college, I would sometimes be asked where in the United States I would like to work. My answer was always, “Anywhere but the Gulf Coast.” I’ve...
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Tech Genius
March 2013 With the advent of the start of the second semester of my children’s School down here in Peru, the high school that my eldest attends has implemented a new policy. The School’s...
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Fashion Season
April 9, 2013 – Day 627 Two items of note concerning fashion… Signs of the Season The calendar down here south of the Equator says fall (or otono) but that autumnal season has yet to arrive. One way I...
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An OK Caral
March 30, 2013 – Day 617 So how did you spend your Saturday before Easter Sunday? We went to an archaeological site. To be more specific, we drove north of Lima to Caral, considered to be the oldest...
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