New Kid in Town

This is the view on the street outside our apartment. I’ve always liked tennis shoes hanging from a power line.
I am flexible with change and blend in with most environments. Before I arrived in Buenos Aires, I had the idealistic notion that no one would recognize me as an American. It’s not as though [...]

Rear Window

I realized tonight what our balcony reminds me of. I feel like Jimmy Stewart in Hitchcock’s Rear Window. However, in my version of the movie there are construction workers sawing all day and beagles bellowing through the evening. Tonight we can hear all of our neighbors scream when the soccer team, River Platas, makes goals.
Perhaps [...]

Life in Palermo

I arrived this morning to the Ezeiza airport on time and in reasonable condition. I was still clutching my magical talisman–a gift of a tourmaline beaded bracelet representing safe travels from Melissa. It worked. The flight wasn’t uncomfortable at all.
E. took a bus to the airport and arranged a driver back north into the city. [...]

Welcome to Still Life

I have neglected to start my own Web blog for years now, even through my and E’s travels through Antarctica and the South Pacific. It seemed complicated and distracting while backpacking; Internet time is precious on the road. Internet cafes charge exorbitant fees per minute. 
Now that I’ll have time to spare in Argentina, it seems like the appropriate time to [...]