Oruro, Bolivia
May 19, 2005
Yesterday, we went to a special museum show of carnival costumes, complete with some dancers demonstrating. It was a bright spot that didn't, I'm happy to say, erase the little kid who didn't want to use his markers because he didn't want to use them up.
May 19, 2005
Yesterday, we went to a special museum show of carnival costumes, complete with some dancers demonstrating. It was a bright spot that didn't, I'm happy to say, erase the little kid who didn't want to use his markers because he didn't want to use them up.
The book is Mountains Beyond Mountains. I would guess you have read it. The author is Tracy Kidder. It's about Dr. Paul Farmer, a man everyone should know as well as Mother Theresa. There's a great quote on p. 91 of the hardback about what should be every person's birthright...it's simple and complete, and I think the tin roofs and cement floors are metaphoric for living in circumstances not harmful to health. There are quotes in which you will delight all through the book.
"Clean water and health care and school and food and tin roofs and cement floors, all of these things should constitute a set of basics that people must have as birthrights."
"Clean water and health care and school and food and tin roofs and cement floors, all of these things should constitute a set of basics that people must have as birthrights."
So this morning I read to my niece Mimi and the other Peace Corps worker with whom she lives the quote...and then as I was writing it into my notebook, she said, "OK, Suzy, if you thought that was important enough to write down, what are you doing about it?" Gulp.
My two friends are waiting for me to finish, though I have lots more.
Bolivia hugs,
Suzy
Suzy
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