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an even kiehl: On beauty
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Finding a balance between the absurd and the sublime. Thursday, March 15, 2007. Last night I had dinner with Bill Toone, the director of the Eco-Life Foundation and a man who has devoted the last 20 years of his life to saving the monarch butterfly. Before giving himself to the butterfly, he had traveled the world researching endangered species. But nothing, he said, prepared him for the beauty he encountered in the Monarch Butterfly Preserve in Michoacan, Mexico. The answer, though, is that just being b...
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an even kiehl: Line of the Day
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Finding a balance between the absurd and the sublime. Friday, March 23, 2007. Line of the Day. From an Editorial Observer column. By the always wonderful Verylyn Klinkenborg in the New York Times:. I waited for a blank noon on one of those Southern California days that are like a shallow bowl filled with almost nothing, a day when the main event turns out in retrospect to have been lunch at Donut and Burger.". Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Put It In Your Ear and Smile. The Main Street Bureau.
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an even kiehl: Busted
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Finding a balance between the absurd and the sublime. Wednesday, March 14, 2007. I arrived in Morelia today after an amazingly pleasant four-hour bus ride from Mexico City. For less than $30, I got a seat on a luxury coach bus, with nonstop service to Morelia. The seats all reclined, drinks and sandwiches were served, and two movies were played, albeit dubbed in Spanish. We drove past mountains and lakes, and the whole experience was a delight. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Main Street Bureau.
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an even kiehl: March 2007
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Finding a balance between the absurd and the sublime. Saturday, March 31, 2007. Mexico, mucho gusto. Tuve un tiempo fantastico. Muchisimas gracias. A few of the many things I will remember:. 4 The coffee. I've never been a coffee drinker, but here they give it to you with almost every meal, whether you ask for it or not. Now I'm addicted to the stuff. Muchas gracias. I return home tonight. Hasta luego. Wednesday, March 28, 2007. I'm in Acapulco now, and on the five-hour bus ride here, we watched. Before ...
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an even kiehl: Comings and goings
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Finding a balance between the absurd and the sublime. Wednesday, March 28, 2007. If I could take a luxury Mexican bus back to Baltimore this weekend, instead of an airplane, I would do it. I've come to love Mexico's intercity buses. They're cheap, fast and comfortable. They provide a stunning view of the country through large, tinted windows, and the best serve free sandwiches and drinks. I'm in Acapulco now, and on the five-hour bus ride here, we watched. My purpose here has been to arrange a trip about...
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an even kiehl: Pyramid Questionnaire
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Finding a balance between the absurd and the sublime. Sunday, March 25, 2007. I visited the pyramids north of Mexico yesterday, and climbed the Pyramid of the Sun, the third-highest in the world. (They not only have stairs to make the ascent easier, but also handrails. An escalator can’t be far off.). But any kind of sustained appreciation yesterday was ruined by the countless hawkers who roam the grounds of the ancient city, pushing all kinds of trinkets into your face with the word, “. How old are you?
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an even kiehl: Into the woods
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Finding a balance between the absurd and the sublime. Thursday, March 22, 2007. This was written for the IRP. CHIBATI GUACAL, Mexico – By the time I was on my hands and knees, crawling under a canopy of branches that appeared to contain a beehive, I began to appreciate the challenge in guarding a mountain that sprawls over 3,000 acres. There are few clear paths, just dense forest filled with pine trees, vines, plants and bushes I had never before encountered. For environmental groups, there is another co...
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an even kiehl: February 2007
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Finding a balance between the absurd and the sublime. Wednesday, February 28, 2007. A drop in the desert. When we need to walk, we will walk," Kevin's mother Caroline told me. We are speaking of millions of people," he says of those who pass through Mexico to reach the United States. "And behind every person, there's a family, there's an identity, there's a tradition.". Rigoni has worked in Tapachula for nine years, helping thousands, but he knows he cannot help them all. "We are really a drop," he s...
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an even kiehl: The people's protest, and car
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Finding a balance between the absurd and the sublime. Sunday, March 18, 2007. The people's protest, and car. Americans could learn a few lessons in civil disobedience here. For the three days I was in Morelia last week, the main streets in town were blocked by hundreds of taxis and vans - a protest by the drivers because the state will not allow them to raise their fares. Happily ensconced in the conference, with coffee and cookies, I learned that the whole operation was moving elsewhere because of the p...
