I find myself working on the outskirts of the city of Lima. No matter where I look, all I see is a sea of fragile little houses covering the dry hills. In the distance, I hear dogs barking, and I watch a group of children kicking around a ball, enveloped in a cloud of dust. From inside of one of these tiny houses, I hear the voice of a mother as she scolds her son and, a moment … [Read more...] about Teen Mothers
The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
My daughters are amused to no end by the classic children’s song about the old lady who swallows a fly and thinks she’ll die. To remedy the situation, she swallows a spider to catch the fly, a bird to catch the spider, a cat to catch the bird, and so on, until eventually the old lady swallows a horse and, well, meets an untimely death. … [Read more...] about The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly