Lessons from a Motorized Metal Shark
A drive down the road in Englewood, Florida might yield you a fairly monotonous view of strip malls, gas stations, and flat, straight roads through semi-tropical, over-developed, sand-land. Indeed, were on our way to a Home Depot, for a small arts & crafts project. As we drove, we came across a motorized metal shark driving … Continue reading
Public Service Announcements of Piura
Apparently it wasn´t a problem only us travelers suffered from …
The Chirimoya
As I sit at our Kitchen table, in our apartment with no kitchen, I stare longingly into a green fleshy fruit in front of me. It is a Chirimoya, native to somewhere near here. Perhaps it exits in a similar way to the Florida orange, which I enjoy in Connecticut. “Of here,” but not exactly. … Continue reading
Thoughts on Society and Development
We have now been living in Piura for about a week. This dry and usually dusty town boasts overcast, yet very bright skies 80% of the time, and today offered a very unusual light sprinkle of rain. We, having now officially moved into a little apartment which consists of a small bathroom, bedroom and suprisingly … Continue reading
A Migrant State of Mind 