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15 countries and counting
The last week of September we visited Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay, which was something of a milestone for me since Uruguay is the 15th country I have visited, and the 6th new country we have been to on our trip.…
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Machu Picchu
I'm writing this post rather late, as usual. Over a month ago we decided that since we were so close to Peru (we were in Colombia at the time) it would be stupid not to visit Machu Picchu. After all,…
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Jungle beaches are no place to be sick
Last week we changed scenery to the northern coast of Colombia to visit Santa Marta and Tayrona National Park. The Colombian coast is quite a bit different from Bogota and Medellin. For starters, it's at sea level, and feels distinctly…
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Bogotá y Medellín
When we started our trip this year we had a list of places we wanted to visit. Colombia was not on that list. Neither was Mexico. However, one of the things that we had decided was that we didn't want…
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A visit to Denver
On July 9th we returned to the US for the first time in six months. We had always intended a quick return trip to Denver to visit with friends and to enjoy the String Cheese Incident run at Dillon and…
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Election Year
It's time to talk a bit about the elections that just took place last Sunday, June 25, in Guatemala. But first, some disclaimers.
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What's new?
I haven’t written much over the last month. I suppose that’s pretty obvious to anyone who has been following this blog. Farrah and I have been in San Marcos la Laguna, Guatemala. We haven’t traveled much, we just kind of…
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A sad story
This is a difficult post to write. If you are an animal lover it will also be difficult to read. Read it anyway.
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Can ChatGPT write software?
This past Thursday I finally broke through my AI skepticism, and spent the day trying to answer the question "Can ChatGPT write software?" to my own satisfaction. I don't want to bury the lead here, so the short answer is…