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the meat man
Chris’s brother, Alex Sinton, is visiting for a week. Tonight he and Chris are cooking LOTS of beef on the parilla. Alex is in his element.
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Yet another trip to La Plata by: Julia
Guest Post by Julia I. Sinton On Saturday we went to La Plata to go sight seeing. We saw lots of cats, interesting trees including a tree on top of another tree and a tree covered in branches, a...
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last cold trip to Buenos Aires
A busy week of packing and despedidas (goodbyes). To complicate (or perhaps simplify?) matters, we seemed to fly from extended summer weather to bitter winter. It was -3 degrees Celcius (28-ish F?)...
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Argentina 2, Day 76 – one more to go
Yesterday was the 29th of the month, the “Día de los Ñoquis” – or Day of the Gnocchis, if you prefer. In this part of the world, it’s a long-standing tradition to eat the doughy potato lumps on the...
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Argentina 2, come and gone
Sorry to have left you hanging. We spent our last days in City Bell with extended goodbyes, parties at the children’s school (they were selected as the ones to lower the flag in the end-of-the-day...
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Re-Purposing
For any of you still paying attention to this blog, stay tuned for its transformation into something more mapping focused in the next few weeks. When that happens, I’ll retire the Argentina posts, so...
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roaming children, roaming cats
The LA Times hosted a health chat with Richard Louv last week, known for describing “nature deficit disorder.” I’m a big fan of his ideas. It’s an ongoing challenge to keep nature, in all its forms,...
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statistics of dual career academic couples
Does anyone else out there have stories to share of managing a lifetime of dual academic careers? Here are some statistics about our phenomenon in a study by the Clayman Institute for Gender Research...
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en route to Yap
During this month of May, I’ll turn this blog over to observations on our trip to Yap. Yup, Yap. One small island among others within the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). I’ll be there for 3...
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First few days in Yap
Almost 72 hours on Yap, or “on island” as the locals say. We live in the city of Colonia, or technically, about ½ a mile from Colonia in a village called Worwoo. Because nobody really lives in...
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