experiencing heaven in chile
santiago is so different from buenos aires, cordova and mendenez, the three argentinian cities we’ve been travelling around the past week. here, people are not so unsettled by the current chilean government, whereas in argentina, people are worried, still, about the corruption of the current leader, president christina k, as they call her. in chile,…
Read Moreserene in santiago
hola amigo y amiga, yesterday we drove from mendoza, argentina to here, santiago, chile…across the magnificent andes which are the most rugged of any i{ve ever seen. (this spanish keyboard is weird). took ten thousand photos which i{ll share with you later. right now off to explore the city, much more clean and less hes…
Read Morekeeping balanced in Buenos Aires
hola mis amigos, here we are, our last day in buenos aires, where the men are handsome as hearthrob movie stars and the women are as stylish as parisian haute couture. of all the places i´ve travelled to in the world, and i haven´t seen much of it, this city reminds me more of paris…
Read Moreyoga in buenos aires
here we are in argentina, where a woman is president and people are not that affected by the global economic crunch, i´m told, but unfortunately the aires in buenos aires (good airs) is NOT buenos…because of the pollution, which in spanish is the more graphic word, contaminacion. here the people are lovely, and i mean not just in…
Read Moreahhh, the moment, the Only Thing Worth Mentioning
hi friends, we’re packing. off to South America tomorrow! wheeeee! I’m excited. Another chance to practice my speak-like-four-year-old Spanish, visit another exotic place on this planet i’ve not been to, and learn more from others. New culture, new food, new music–everything will be new, except for the similarity found around the world–we’re all in the…
Read MoreDamage Control!
it never ceases to amaze me how, when you go public, you are apt to either offend, or appear stupid, or both. as long as i can maintain a sense of humor about rattling other people’s cages, i’ll be okay. but boy, was i tested today. apparently someone whom i’ve been speaking very highly about…
Read MoreWe’re all RICH!
if you just think for a moment–that we’re alive!, breathing, feeling the wind on our faces–we’re rich beyond our wildest imaginations. to have life, to still be breathing and able to “play” this game of life–we are indeed fortunate, and rich rich rich. a lot of people are freaking out these days. job loss, economics,…
Read MoreGoin’ to the Source
my dear friend …life is often filled with shocks! i know it must bring up so much for you, too, having lost your bro who’s only a few years older. guess we have to be prepared…at any minute…for the big shalambha (?) in the sky to take us up. my heartfelt condolences to you, and feel my…
Read MoreBinky speaks of balance
my hopi indian friend, binky person called yesterday. i’ve spoken of him on lordflea before, about how ironic it is for me, a person who writes and arts, lives in the congested East Coast of America, yet holds true the sacred of all beings in my heart as the most important things to cherish–that binky and…
Read Moreoh, and did i mention…?
Here it is, lordflea readers! the FIRST EXCERPT of my new book, “Dharma Brat” a nonfiction narrative, soon to be at your favorite bookseller. As I look up at the constellation Orion, here in my new home in St. Augustine, where we moved after seventeen years in Lackland, I remember that I forgot to tell…
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