Realizing I probably would not ever see the wireless mouse I lost in my disorderly retreat from the Alonzo de Ercilla Hotel in Concepcion the morning of the big earthquake in Chile (see posting on this blog on 5/6/10), I reluctantly went to Staples near my home in McLean, Virginia, to purchase a new one. I told the sad story of my loss, and much to my great surprise I was rewarded with a new, flashy wireless mouse. I’m not sure whether the story was so believable that they felt I deserved a new mouse for what I had been through, or whether my story was so unbelievable that they gave me a new mouse for the best “story” they had heard in a long time. At any rate, I am grateful, but I still miss the old mouse, and still plan to return to Concepcion to see if by any chance they are holding it in the hotel for me. I will keep you informed. Written in McLean, Virginia, on May 22, 2010
David Joslyn, after a 45-year career in international development with USAID, Peace Corps, The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and private sector consulting firms, divides his time between his homes in Virginia and Chile. Since 2010, David has been writing about Chile and Chileans, often based upon his experience with the Peace Corps in Chile and his many travels throughout the country with family and friends.