This weekend, as expected, the Trump Team came forward with more ways to spend the money it doesn’t have. Today, we look at where this all leads…
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This past weekend, the locals in the Calchaquí Valley celebrated Pachamama. They were christianized by the Mercedarian Brothers in the 17th century… But they’re not taking any chances.
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Over the weekend, we went to Salta to see our old friend, Jorge, who used to be the foreman on the ranch.
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Elizabeth brought her entire English class over to the house.
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One of our pastajeros (a man who keeps his cows in our high pastures) came to see us on Thursday night. He explained that someone had killed and butchered one of his cows. He thought he knew who…
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We’re here rounding up the cattle… and then testing each one. Those not pregnant will be herded over the pass and down into the valley, where we have rolls of alfalfa to feed them… and some bulls ready to greet them.
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We’re here rounding up the cattle… But we interrupt our work to bring you an update on the Originario War.
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“When my mother died – I was very close to her – I got depressed… I couldn’t work… Nothing seemed right. But then, I sat down with someone who started asking me questions. And I saw that he was helping me get out of the hole – just by asking, not telling. Just asking questions that helped me see things differently.”
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We’ve been quarantined here in Argentina for more than 13 weeks.
You’ll recall, we began our quarantine by looking at the half-full part of the glass. This was an opportunity to disconnect… to think… Or, as American poet Walt Whitman put it, it was to be a time simply to “loaf and invite our souls.”
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SAN MARTIN, ARGENTINA – The nights are getting cold.
Over the weekend, we marveled at the brightest moon we have ever seen.
And in the morning, the sun lit up the clouds overhead.
A “Lost World?” Nothing at all? We wanted to find out what was on top of the mesa.
“Indian ruins,” said the locals. “But it’s been a long time since anyone has been up there.”
But how to get up? The mesa is surrounded by a sheer stone wall, rising as much as 500 feet from the valley floor.
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Today I’m sharing a brief history of one of the most successful investments of all time.
It was daring… bold… difficult, but ultimately, very profitable… creating one of South America’s biggest fortunes… and nourishing the political career of the man who might have kept Argentina from going broke.
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After 10 weeks of Deep Freeze, things are beginning to thaw.
Salta province has no active cases of the coronavirus. It now allows you to move around. But you need face masks… and a written authorization. And you have to go through roadblocks every 20 or 30 miles.
It feels a little like a rehearsal for a police state. You can be stopped at any time.
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The war goes on.
Three policemen went up to our high pasture, Compuel, on Friday. We went out to look for our injured bull.
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We are up at the ranch, waiting for the police.
We hope they come soon. It’s a four- or five-hour ride just to get to the scene of the crime…
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“This is going to be tough,” said Elizabeth. “This is a real war.”
The war with the originarios has suddenly gotten hot.
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When it comes to the C-virus, many readers don’t think we know what we’re talking about.
And of course, they’re right.
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Elizabeth had turned to look in the other direction.
“I think the house is on fire,” she said.
But we’ll come back to that in a minute.
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