Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday—A Collage/Essay—for Valparaiso and James Henkel

             Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday/ Who could hang a name on you?/

             When you change with every new day/ Still I'm gonna miss you

Landing in Valparaiso was easy...

The story below is a subterranean record of ideas and atmospheres absorbed and transformed in the imagination during four months of South American travel. It includes references to recent historical events and incorporates bits from my explorations. See my essay about wall art in Argentina: The...

A Tale of Two Mendozas  

April 1, 2008—12:30 a.m Mendoza, Argentina/6:00p.m. Valparaiso, Chile/April 7--9:00p.m. Valparaiso/ April 8--10:34a.m. and 10:15 p.m. La Serena, Chile

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When I first arrived in Mendoza near the end of January, I discovered that I had booked into...