The last couple of days have been glorious: Pure blue skies, sun that's never more than pleasantly warm, and light breezes. It's spring! At least for the moment. I think it's because I couldn't stand the cold any longer and went out and bought a heavy wool sweater. That will do it.
Beth's social outreach is yielding huge benefits for me: The other day we had a Svenja (German) and Pablo (Porteno) people over for dinner, and Beth made this amazing succulent roast chicken (with carmelized fennel), and apple crumble for postre. All that with out measuring cups or familiar ingredients. Svenja and Pablo are lovely and funny. Pablo is about as good in English as I am in Spanish so we were alternating languages for the slower menfolk (nevermind that neither is native for Svenja).
Last night, after writing, I met Beth at Vos (where we have taken Spanish classes) and watched the totally wrenching "Chronicle of an Escape" about prisoners in the dirty war. Made me angry all over again that my own government has been taking people into custody based on hearsay evidence and torturing them (there really is no other word for it).
It is sooooo easy to be critical when you don't live here.
ReplyDeleteYou guys made me laugh.