In human life there is constant change of fortune; and it is unreasonable to expect an exemption from the common fate. Life itself decays, and all things are daily changing.” – Plutarch, Greek Historian, Biographer, Essayist Buenos Aires – Continuing on my series of Supreme Directors’ walks – we pick up, chronologically, though not geographically,… Read More The Supremes – Tracks 3 & 7
“The same me that stands here now When I think that all this stuff Can make a life that’s pretty hard to take it in, that was me That was me, ya, that was me!” – Paul McCartney, final lyrics to That Was Me Buenos Aires – I wasn’t a member of the debate club… Read More What Debate?
“I think that I shall never see a billboard lovely as a tree. Indeed, unless the billboards fall, I’ll never see a tree at all.” – Ogden Nash Buenos Aires – The city of Buenos Aires has declared war on billboards, with the intent to remove some 60% of them, roughly 40,000, from the various… Read More Signposts
“In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.” – Thomas Carlyle, Philosopher Buenos Aires – Just a few random notes… Disco, one of the local supermarkets, is three deep with people at the meat, i.e., beef, counter. With the 30-day suspension of the strike, people are battling over the packages of red… Read More Noted…
“There is no symbolism for the “disappeared”. They were taken away without a trace. That was part of the terror tactic: the permanent anguish it caused the family. It is described like living with a ghost; they are not dead, but they are not alive either. The idea that some day they might return (although… Read More A Week of Protest
“We are all in deep thought, hurting, wanting to say something that will help us understand. Whatever we have to say probably pales in comparison to what those who have gone on would say to us.” – Eugene Habecker, President, Taylor University Buenos Aires – It’s not all food, wine, and architecture you know. There’s… Read More Deep Thought?
This is a book that confronts one of the least known but important facts about the world’s cities: that they are home to more than a billion squatters. Within a generation, that number is projected to grow to two billion – and more than half the people living in cities will be squatters. Yet most… Read More Abandon all hope?
“Once again, my life has been saved by the miracle of lasagna.” – Garfield Buenos Aires – A curious confluence of events occurred in the last week that brought a particular topic to mind. At first, I didn’t have a term to put on it, but then, my eyes lit upon a passage in the… Read More Of Lasagna, Lomo and Chiseling