schlep bus writings published on independent.com

The article I wrote on the bus from Costa Rica to Nicaragua about the UCSB men’s soccer team’s summer trip to Argentina and what it means, if anything, for the team’s chances to repeat as NCAA champions appeared today on independent.com, The Santa Barbara Independent website.

my llorona

The last text message that Paul received on my phone before we left Buenos Aires was, “Tell Clare she is a llorona“. Which is to say, I am a giant cry baby. Maybe so. I thought it was a mildly nasty and extremely strange thing to say anyway and have often thought about that since.
When [...]

Rumbo a las cataratas de Iguazú

Clare has been on my case to post something here, so I’ll begin with my three reasons/excuses for not having written anything lately:
a) Clare is a much better blogger than I am, and I never feel that anything I have to say in this space will measure up to what she has been writing. She [...]

when i said schlep, i meant schlep

I really wanted to use my first internet stop to upload some photos but, obviously, I forgot the cord in the guardaría at the bus station in Paso de los Libres.
 We keep taking two steps forward and three steps back. The schlep began after a night on the bus from Retiro in Buenos Aires to [...]