It was late in the afternoon by the time Savannah and I reached Pozo Almonte.  The young Chileans that had driven us nearly a hundred miles from out of the desert wished us well then took off toward the coast.  I was immensely grateful to them, but my focus was elsewhere.  Savannah was pallid, weak […]

Lou-Lou and I spent three weeks at my cousin apartment in Austin.  Lou-Lou couldn’t go outside because she didn’t have all her vaccinations yet.  I carpeted the apartment with puppy pads, but Lou-Lou seemed to actively avoid them.  I was constantly wiping the floor and apologizing to my cousin who didn’t mind at all. I […]

The desert was an unending scene out the back windshield of the car.  Movement in the dull landscape was only discernible by the flicking lane lines and the receding mountains far in the distance.  To my left were three Chilean men and two Chilean women. A moment before I ran to the middle of the […]