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Feliz Carnival

Carnival started Saturday here in Bolivia with the parade, dancing and festivities in Oruro. It will build — Monday and Tuesday being holidays — before ending on Ash Wednesday. In Bolivia, water is the most important element of carnival (along with the...

New Look

My blog has a new look! (In Latin American Spanish su look is your appearance, your style.) I had been using Google’s Blogger service, but they have no real way to update blogs remotely — and since my computer is still broken this became a real concern....

A Dead Computer

I have been out of touch, but I have an excuse. Just before Christmas, my computer died. When I hit the power switch, there was a click but then nothing. I took it to an Apple tech in Santa Cruz just after Christmas, and he said it was probably the motherboard....