Feb 13 2010
In México, some night watchmen make their rounds in the daytime. You can hear others at 2:00 am, sounding their presence every few seconds with a deep, flutey whistle. It’s mournful, like a faraway steam engine approaching and fading away. As I understand it, the function of the noise-making is to make sure they get [...]
Jan 07 2010
Here’s my new favorite song. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Here’s an ad that keeps showing up in the sidebar of my Google search page, whose results are now in Spanish, against my wishes. After class today we puttered around school for a while, getting a very late start to Monte Albán — [...]
Dec 20 2009
My ex-husband just sent an e-mail to tell me that Jean Ritchie, one of my all-time idols, has had a serious stroke. She must be in her eighties by now. For those of you who don’t know Jean Ritchie: she’s one of the earliest Appalachian singer-songwriters to emerge from the hollers into the eyes and [...]
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