Author Archives: saaribampo

Dear Mr. Sieff

Posted on February 19, 2022 by saaribampo

Your recent article in The Washington Post about the Mexican marathon runner Germán Silva was very interesting. The mind and body of runners, especially long-distance runners, always baffles me, a non-runner.  I am equally baffled by your fear of rural Mexico. I … Continue reading →

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House, July 23, 2021

Posted on September 17, 2021 by saaribampo

This morning while walking the dogs along Arroyo Aduana we came upon this assortment of materials resembling a house. My first thought was that someone had found a perfectly useful but abandoned door and decided it wanted a home of … Continue reading →

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1:07 PM, May 25, 2021

Posted on May 25, 2021 by saaribampo
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Madam Secretary Bluebird

Posted on April 15, 2021 by saaribampo

“The ideas of economists and philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else.” John Maynard Keynes In 2014 Nick Lemann contacted me … Continue reading →

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Another Bottle

Posted on April 8, 2021 by saaribampo

I have carried this fragment by Austin poet David Moorman around for forty years. From Texas to Minnesota to Tennessee to Nebraska to Arizona back to Minnesota where it now hangs on my refrigerator. The poem and I have weathered … Continue reading →

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