street scene/antigua

The Womanly Art of Tucking In

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March 17th 2011
Thursday, March 17 I wake up just before daybreak. I imagine that I am a child again, waking to the mournful sound of a Vancouver foghorn. I fall back into a restless sleep, and this time imagine that I am living in a small town in northern Israel, listening to the Arab junk dealers coming down the lane. "Alterzachen!" they call out in Yiddish, which is pretty funny, if you stop to think about ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Capital Region » San Juan Sacatepéquez

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The Maya civilization flourished in Guatemala and surrounding regions during the first millennium A.D. After almost three centuries as a Spanish colony, Guatemala won its independence in 1821. During the second half of the 20th century, it experience... ... read more