Is it over? Is this how it felt to consider Viet Nam in the early 70s? How long until violence explodes again and we feel the obligation to reenter for further combat missions?
Either way, I hope that the soldiers coming home find peace and welcome.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Is it over?
Is it over? Is this how it felt to consider Viet Nam in the early 70s? How long until violence explodes again and we feel the obligation to reenter for further combat missions?
Either way, I hope that the soldiers coming home find peace and welcome.
Friday, August 13, 2010
Monday, August 2, 2010
El Museo de las Momias
This is how Jenny and I spent our Sunday afternoon.
We weren't mummified actually, but just walking around a museum looking at mummies. I think in the US, a museum like this would be successful, but there would be far fewer tiny little children being taken in to the place. In Mexico, they have this real interest in death, in a way that is a little spectacle with a little celebration. Here, they have Dia de los Muertos, all the skulls, devil masks, and crucifixes everywhere. The Mummy Museum fits with all that.
We weren't mummified actually, but just walking around a museum looking at mummies. I think in the US, a museum like this would be successful, but there would be far fewer tiny little children being taken in to the place. In Mexico, they have this real interest in death, in a way that is a little spectacle with a little celebration. Here, they have Dia de los Muertos, all the skulls, devil masks, and crucifixes everywhere. The Mummy Museum fits with all that.
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