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Tag: Chile

Happy 114th Birthday Pablo Neruda

July 12, 2018 Scott Parker-Anderson

Today is the 114th birthday of the poet Pablo Neruda.  His Sonet XVII (below) is one of my very favorite poems of all time.  The world

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Happy 65th Birthday Joe Strummer

August 21, 2017 Scott Parker-Anderson

Today is the 65th birthday of the singer, songwriter, actor, activist, and humanitarians that is quoted as saying The future is unwritten: Joe Strummer. Picking

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Happy 113th Birthday Pablo Neruda

July 12, 2017 Scott Parker-Anderson

Today is the 113th birthday of the poet Pablo Neruda.  His Sonet XVII (below) is one of my very favorite poems of all time.  The world

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Happy 64th Birthday Joe Strummer

August 21, 2016 Scott Parker-Anderson

Today is the 64 birthday of the singer, songwriter, actor, activist, and humanitarians that is quoted as saying The future is unwritten: Joe Strummer. Picking

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Happy 112th Birthday Pablo Neruda

July 12, 2016 Scott Parker-Anderson

Today is the 112th birthday of the poet Pablo Neruda.  His Sonet XVII (below) is one of my very favorite poems of all time.  The world

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Happy 111th Birthday Pablo Neruda

July 12, 2015 Scott Parker-Anderson

Today is the 111th birthday of the poet Pablo Neruda.  His Sonet XVII (below) is one of my very favorite poems of all time.  The

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Happy Birthday Pablo Neruda

July 12, 2014 Scott Parker-Anderson

Today is the 110th birthday of Pablo Neruda. NAME: Pablo Neruda OCCUPATION: Poet BIRTH DATE: July 12, 1904 DEATH DATE: September 23, 1973 EDUCATION: Temuco

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Pablo Neruda – Style Icon

June 11, 2013 Scott Parker-Anderson

NAME: Pablo Neruda OCCUPATION: Poet BIRTH DATE: July 12, 1904 DEATH DATE: September 23, 1973 EDUCATION: Temuco Boys’ School PLACE OF BIRTH: Parral, Chile PLACE

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Most Remote Places in the World

January 17, 2013 Scott Parker-Anderson

Thanks to modern technology and air travel, the world is forever becoming a smaller place. Where journeys from one continent to another once took months,

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Pablo Neruda – Style Icon

July 12, 2012 Scott Parker-Anderson

Pablo Neruda was born 108 years ago today. NAME: Pablo Neruda OCCUPATION: Poet BIRTH DATE: July 12, 1904 DEATH DATE: September 23, 1973 EDUCATION: Temuco

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Pablo Neruda

July 12, 2011 Scott Parker-Anderson

“Here I Love You” – Pablo Neruda In the dark pines the wind disentangles itself. The moon glows like phosphorous on the vagrant waters. Days, all

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