Archive for July, 2008

I Missed My Bus

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Monday I ventured alone into D. C.  
I was going to take the red line of the metro to the Tenleytown-AU stop and then take a bus to the American University campus.  
I am afraid of buses, mostly because I can’t figure them out.  Once in Mexico I needed to take a bus back to where I [...]

Political Ramblings

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

Maria von Trap - the real one, not Julie Andrews - wrote about her family’s struggle to “make it” as a singing group in the US.  Their somber clothing led to some criticism that Maria did not understand, presumably leading her to march into a bookstore and unintentionally frighten off the clerk with her (completely [...]