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February 15, 2012

Valentines from Chile

Feb. 14, 2012

VALPARAISO, Chile—-There is a love of stuff and stuff of love. This was found to be true on my recent visit to “La Sebastiana,” the playful house of Chilean poet and writer Pablo Neruda.

The Nobel Prize winning author died in the autumn of 1973 and his five-story home which overlooks the Pacific Ocean  has turned into a highly stimulating museum. “La Sebastiana” gets its name from Sebastian Collado, a Spaniard who built the home as a place to live after his children were married. One vision was to construct the third floor as a bird cage. Collado died before his dream was realized. Life can turn that way.

A mutual poet friend connected [...]

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February 13, 2012

National Organization Announces Ten Most Endangered Roadside Places

National Organization Announces Ten Most Endangered Roadside Places

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