Where’s Halloween?
October 31, 2005 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments
Happy Halloween!
It’s another U.S. holiday and I’m feeling nostalgic.
Alas, no Hogwarts wizard or witch wannabes, no Draculas or Cinderellas will be ringing my doorbell for candy bars tonight. While some English-language institutes may talk about goblins and “sweets” today, Roberto and I won’t be going to any Haunted Houses or costume parties tonight. In the morning, there won’t be a single bough graced by toilet paper or a single sidewalk adorned with fluorescent wormy squiggles.
Halloween isn’t celebrated in South America, and if the fearless leader to the North, Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, has his way, it never will be. Today’s Buenos Aires Herald quotes him saying that Halloween is just one more form of U. S. terrorism, and strongly cautioned Latin Americans against permitting such a cultural invasion.
But, hey, I’d like an invasion tonight! What could be more fun that seeing neighborhood children come […]
51. Sucre (Sucre, Bolivia)
October 10, 2005 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments
Living Greener–and Enjoying It!
October 4, 2005 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments
This essay is dedicated to Glenn, Howard, and Jim, my green inspirations.
Want to live greener? Try moving to a less developed country!
While living in US, I suffered from “green angst.” I worried myself sick about the planetary impact of my consuming too much of the earth’s natural resources. Over the years, I joined Zero Population Growth and the Sierra Club, donated money to Friends of the Earth et al, and volunteered at nature centers. That provided a regular bombardment of tips for easing my guilty consumerist conscience.
Recycle, reduce, and reuse! (And as Yankee friends intoned, “Make do or do without.”)
How I struggled to do all that while living in the Land of Plenty and Then Some! (Admittedly, the “do without” option received less attention.) Despite good intentions, I barely lowered my consumption of electricity, plastic, gas, food, protein, or jet fuel. (Those 10-hour flights from JFK to Buenos Aires do […]
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