We should all be farmers. We should all be farming. By which I mean we should all know how to work our land, how to nurture it during the short while we are with it on it, how to take from it without leaving it barren for whomever is coming next. Instead, we are warring. […]
Aw, Miami. Now you know itâs really, really serious. (Iâm kidding. Youâve known itâs serious. Right? Get it and keep it together, already â you know what to do.) Basel has been cancelled! Indeed, for the first time since its post-9/11, tourism-revitalizing and scene-revolutionizing inception in 2002, Art Basel Miami Beach is a no-go this […]
This is them. This is their time. And the kids are driving us back to the theater experience, too. Fresh off a pre-, during, and post-COVID-19 award-winning trek up the 2020 film-festival circuit, the documentary Us Kids is ready for ya. Catch it at the drive-in, when it visits your city for a very special […]
You canât. Unless youâre a doctor, you cannot even try to save a life. Not unless first you have saved yours, in whatever way you can or need or want, whathaveya. My friend Milton Giron, whom I met at Trader Joeâs, died last week, on July 30, aged 59. Just like that. I donât have […]
COVID-19 isnât a crisis anymore. It is a failure, of our leadership and of our humanity. There it is. And here we are (still), looking like we didnât know this novel coronavirus was this much of an existential threat (there is no vaccine! it spreads easy and fast! it can kill you or your loved […]
DĂa 93: La pandemia del COVID-19 que nos tiene en casa por acĂĄ, por allĂĄ, partout desde marzo â con mĂĄs y mĂĄs incertidumbre en unos que en otros lugares â nos estĂĄ retando. De una u otra manera, claro que sĂÂ. Crucemos los dedos porque las cosas se mejoren en Peru y en Brasil, […]
DĂa 86: La pandemia del COVID-19 que nos tiene en casa por acĂĄ, por allĂĄ, partout desde marzo â con mĂĄs y mĂĄs incertidumbre en unos que en otros lugares â nos estĂĄ retando. De una u otra manera, claro que sĂ. En Estados Unidos, los efectos y estragos del pecado original americano â 400 […]
Discrimination of any form is nothing but an excuse not to do a job well. âWe the People…â all have the same Bill of Rights. Why havenât we all been seeking to form a more perfect union, establish justice, and insure domestic tranquility? Why havenât we been able to provide for the common defense, promote […]
As the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by a novel and deadly coronavirus that spread out of China during the winter, has us on Month 3 of a generalized global shutdown, I thought Iâd check in on some of the people Iâve met along the way, my community. I have lived in three cities across two countries […]
A group of mes amies franco-pĂŠruviennes from high school in Lima, Peru, and in Paris, France, is helping to manage #ApoyemosJuntosPe, an ongoing GoFundMe campaign to raise crucial funds for Peruvian hospitals in need of personal protective equipment (PPE) to fight COVID-19. To support the various Peruvian institutions pleading for PPE during this pandemic moment […]
King of Cups 