quick one joe,,,the link does not work for me...resend please..merle
Estimada Merle, Chile!, dear Merle. CHILE! Chile. The word rolls off my tongue like a last and vast appreciation of my fledgling youth. Thank God for Chile. Some say that Chile was an under-developed country, then: you would NOT say this if you had seen my girlfriends, there! Everything was love at first sight. My first appreciation of the Southern Stars, the Magellanic Clouds, Alpha Centauri, Southern Cross, the Coal-Sack, etc. The vineyards, the wines, the Pisco; the food. The amazing, high desert. The highest mountains in the Western (and Southern) hemisphere. The clearest and darkest skies. The greatest indigenous music (they call it folkloric music). No, no; don't get me started. I returned to the States to undertake and finish the advanced degree in pure science. I miss Chile, and the people, and everything else. We made many discoveries there, and broke new ground that enabled more recent, huge developments. Yet, I am also happy in our Arizona desert. Go figure!: I have not returned South in 3 decades. Been busy on mountaintops, HERE. Working to advance the state of the art, and to have fun. I've named an asteroid that I discovered for our favorite Chilean dance, the Cueca Larga; it is the National Dance of Chile for almost 200 years. The asteroid is (19348) Cueca; See: http://scully.cfa.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/showcitation.cgi?num=19348 "Chao!", as we say in Chile ("Ciao" in the Italian), --Jose > Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > which south american country, joe?
