I felt a bit queasy this morning, but not enough to get in my way. I hung out at home, still trying to catch up on my blog, and planned my next (and final) side trip. I want to go to Chichicastengo. Maria was helpful, reserving a hotel and shuttle for me. I’d hoped to leave tomorrow but the shuttles are full, so I’ll leave at 7:00 a.m. on Sunday. Twice a week there’s a […]
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A gathering of words
Sleepwalker
Over the past couple months it seems I’ve taken up sleepwalking and sleeptalking. Sometimes I think Yo-Nenny’s gaslighting me with her reports of my nocturnal conversations, yet they ring true. Several nights ago at about midnight, I was sound asleep with Emmy cradled in the crook of my arm. As her mother reached to remove her, apparently I said: “Nooooo. You can’t take her. I was just teaching her the first conditional. She understands it […]
Read moreCall Me Tinna
Tinna was my imaginary friend, captured on audio tape by my father in the 1950s. “Ginna’s a good girl. Tinna’s a bad girl.” On the bus coming home from work this week, the sun knifed into the south-facing windows. A teenaged boy with a severe visual impairment sat in the row in front of me with his parents. I heard him complain, “The sun’s so loud. So bright in my ears.”
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