about the author*
¡Hola amigos y bienvenidos a mi sitio web! Espero que tu lo encuentre interesar y informativo.
¿Porque Colombia? Three reasons: After a bunch of Gabriel García Márquez novels I was curious about the birthplace of magical realism. Then I started listening to salsa music during a winter commute and found myself day dreaming of a warmer climate. Finally, I wanted to learn Spanish and Colombians supposedly speak the best Castellano in Latin America.
In early 2002 I began researching Colombia on the internet. There were not a lot of English-language sites so when I came across a keeper I added it to my list; eventually the list morphed into a website.
Yes, Colombia has deep problems and traveling there is not for everyone. However, I've made several trips and found it to be a beautiful country with incredible variety and very friendly people. I'll be going again!
Some activities and interests
Habitat for Humanity - learn new skills while helping someone out
Midtown Greenway - a hybrid of neighborhood improvement group and "rails to trails"
Mountain biking in Colombia and Colombian cycling information (Español)
Open Book Center - a nice place to spend a rainy afternoon
Minnesota Rovers - for people who love the outdoors
Canoe Country - a meta site for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
Duluth Tourism - one of America's great outside towns
Ohio State Football - 2002 National Champions
Accion International - micro lending, something I want to learn more about
United States population clock and national debt clock - watch us go broke  ;-)

*If the picture at the top of the page is unfamiliar, it's not a self portrait.
The characters are central to a children's myth that explains how the
geographical features of the United States were formed. Minnesota claims
to be the birthplace of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox.