The Liar’s Den

Maybe you don’t think a liars den is quite as bad as a lion’s den. But I will convince you. Lions dens are not found in South America, as far as I know. They are fairly avoidable. I can’t think of any reason you would need to enter a lion’s den, unless the lion had [...]

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Two Thumbs Up?

So we tried to go to a movie last night. The cinema was closed. Like closed down forever. So, no movie. Last night on the bus we didn’t get a movie either. Or the night before. What a shame. Considering the quality of the movies we’ve gotten to see so far though, it might have been the [...]

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A New Meaning of Terrible

Walking down the main street in Mancora (which also happens to be the Pan-American Highway) a truck honked. Very close. Very loud. “That’s terrible!” I exclaimed. unintentionally, I am very vocal about my feelings. Good tastes result in a hum of ”mmm.” Tiredness makes me mutter. Pain and I say “Ow,” at least, and maybe “Ow!%$·*!” And I gasp [...]

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The Be-All and End-All

The supreme aim, the most important element, the essential bit. What has been the be-all end-all of this last week? Oh, I wouldn’t even attempt to explain. Let’s just say, some of it might have been missing. Maybe we just had be-all. Or maybe we just had end-all. Anyway, I have just been informed that [...]

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Another Contest? OMG, PEE IN YOUR PANTS, YES.

So even more fun than last time… yeah, you better believe it. Answer me this: What made both Katie Mae and I pee in our pants on Tuesday afternoon? Hints: Actually, we were wearing shorts, not pants. So we peed in our shorts. We were somewhere between Congon and Choctomal. The situation involved mules, the Andes, [...]

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La Guerra y El Pollo

(The War and The Chicken) As we walked through the streets of Mollendo one eye cast over our shoulder searching for enemies, guerrillas, really, as they dressed in civilian clothing except for the guns, explosives or powders they carried. Weapons of mass destruction. Well, I guess not mass. Personal. Individual. But they certainly did cause mass distraction. Everyone’s minds [...]

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Ready to take my O.W.L.s

Ordinary Wizarding Level tests that is. The completement of any Harry Potter inspired magical education. I have recently learned to read palms. I learned from Mami Carmen and then from some friend of Annie’s. Mami Carmen’s method was obviously superior. The other dude required smoke and actually didn’t tell me anything except that my future was unsure. Then [...]

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Fire Burn and Cauldren Bubble

Part two of my education in witchery began one morning with news from Fiorella. We had all gone out to the ensayos the night before, but her friends were hanging around when we arrived home so she stayed in the doorway chatting with them. Fio: “There was something on the windowsill!” Me: “Huh?” “There was something stuffed [...]

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Double, Double, Toil and Trouble

If you are in Durham you should go see Macbeth at DSA… opens Feb 25th, closes March 1st. That cute boy in the header made the set, and it is pretty hot stuff as I understand it! Other than that, let’s talk about brujeria, baby. Witchery. Magic. I am on the road to expertise. When [...]

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Oh, The Questions They’ll Ask

Congratulations! Today is your day! To answer Great Questions, You’re off and away! You have brains in your head, You’ve a voice, you can speak! You can answer these questions Any day of the week. Thanks, Dr. Seuss.  I got some difficult questions the other day and only with the encouragement of Dr. Seuss in the [...]

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