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Polymer Studios inks big soccer sponsorship

31. March 2009

For those of you who read about last summer’s visit to Corazón de Ñaupas in Peru, I’m pleased to report that Polymer Studios is the proud sponsor of the town’s soccer club. On my last night in the village, the club presented me with a formal request for sponsorship, typed up on the only typewriter for [...]

A letter from the corazon

2. January 2009

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Regular visitors (read: my mom) might remember that I took my son to Peru last summer. What follows is a vignette from our visit to some impoverished villages in the high Andes. I wrote it as part of a donation drive for Comunidad, a non-profit whose board I sit on. At first glance, you could be [...]

Market recovery

6. October 2008

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At the exquisite Thai food blog of photographer Austin Bush, I found this video of the Samut Songkhram market, which is set up over the town’s railroad tracks! Watch how the vendors quickly get back to business after the train passes. Could this be a lesson on how to cope with disruptions in business? See the [...]

Four octaves of wonderful strangeness

6. September 2008

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Yma Sumac is a singer who was famous in the 50s. Her particular gift was an amazing four-octave range, which you can hear in this song, Pachamama. It’s from the 1954 movie Secret of the Incas. (via Alejandro at Peru Food)