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| Our House in Barrio Parque |
It’s 1 January 2016.
I’m in my house in Barrio Parque, La Paloma, Uruguay,
surrounded by Uruguayans who’ve come mostly from the departmental capital of
Rocha to flock to the beach while I continue with the day-to-day struggles of life. This barrio is over on the opposite side of Cabo
de Santa María from
where the center of La Paloma is located. We´re farther from the beaches—La
Aguada, Costa Azul, Antoniópolis, and Arachania—than we were
when we lived in town, so we don´t get over there too much. But I can always
hear the ocean from our second-floor balcony. I love the way that sometimes,
it´s the waves crashing on the beaches over on the far side of the cape,
sometimes it´s from the near side, and sometimes, I get it in surround sound.
And then there´s the night sky… We´re coming up on the time
of year when the Southern Cross shines right into my house after nightfall,
lighting my way up the stairs through the sliding glass door on the landing—how
awesome is that!
