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Irish Music & Dance Concert for Peru Earthquake Relief, May 15 & 16
Come out for a rousing night of Celtic rock, Irish step dancing and storytelling in Lima on Fri., May 15, and Sat., May 16, when my band The Three Jacks plays two benefit concerts for victims of the ’07 Peru earthquake. I promise it will be an excellent time because (1) the musicians and dancers are world-class; (2) our lead singer is a rowdy, sometimes bawdy storyteller; and (3) you’ll be helping to build a desperately needed medical center in the ravaged town of Pisco. Here’s the press release that recently ran in Living in Peru: Renowned Celtic Rockers and Irish Step Dancers to Entertain Lima May 15 & 16 The month…
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Of Earthquakes and Philosophers
This past Monday (October 6), at around 6:50 p.m., El Híjo and I were sitting in the living room when we felt an enormous jolt. EH leaped from the couch: “Earthquake!” The rapid shaking last for ten seconds and stopped. El Fotógrafo emerged from the kitchen where he was cooking a very fragrant Bolognese sauce. His brother was right behind him, wafting on the scent of sautéed garlic. “Yes,” said his brother, stroking his beard. “This is October. The month of the earthquakes.” He paused thoughtfully. “Also May.” Now is a good time in this blog to introduce El Filósofo, EF’s older brother and a lifetime Lima resident. Plato and…
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Remembering the Peru Earthquake, One Year Later
August 15, 2007: It had been little more than a month since El Fotografo, El Hijo and I had packed up the contents of our 4-bedroom house in Florida, stuffed it all in a shipping container bound for Callao, and hopped on a plane to EF’s hometown of Lima. Everything in Peru’s capital was new and strange to El Hijo and I, then — and to EF as well, since he hadn’t lived in Peru for 25 years. The food, the climate, the traffic, the language — just stepping out of the front door each morning was an adventure, not always an easy one. For several weeks we had been staying in a friend’s second-floor apartment in…
