I have been the worst blogger ever. When things are well (or at least busy), I get so caught up in the happenings of the universe, that I forget to write.  It’s like I go through stages of intense thinking and living, and feel like I have to absorb it all for a long time, [...]

Since I returned to Pittsburgh, I’ve been buried in writing my thesis manuscript. I keep saying it’s done and then I go back and throw away chapters at a time, because I suddenly realize I hate them. I’ve rewritten the ending twenty-two times. Not kidding. I need to stop myself before I go crazy.

Two more [...]

Everyone’s excited about Colombia these days. I am too.

Colombian film (‘Paraiso Travel’) plays at Tribeca. John Leguizamo is in it; hopefully he’ll do a better job than his last Colombian adventure.

Author of Lonely Planet Colombia admits he never went there. His girlfriend, an “intern at the Colombian consulate,” filled him in. Reminds me of a [...]

My grandfather’s grandfather, Benito Rueda, founded a small town in the mountains of Santander, Colombia. A small town that has, by the way, a website. A wonderful little website with old pictures and a virtual tour of the church that forces you to read prayers!

Everytime I sit down to work on the book, I get [...]

I am reading a the Fuel & Fuddle tonight. Selections from the manuscript in progress. If you’re in Pittsburgh and you’ve got nothing to do in two hours, come on out. I’m reading with Sam MacDonald (who happens to be hilarious).

My manuscript, for those of you that don’t know, is a family’s narratives of [...]