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North Fork Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Jamesport Meeting House March 10, 2013 The Reverend Dr. Linda Anderson I hate a Roman named Status Quo!” he said to me. “Stuff your eyes with wonder,” he said, “live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid…

12,500 feet above sea level, one of the highest navigable lakes in the world. According to legend, the founders of the Inca empire emerged from the waters of Lake Titicaca. The lake has many islands. Floating Islands of the Uros people. Their language is Aymara. When the Inca came they fled to the reeds and…

There used to be about 65 tribes living in the Peruvian Amazon jungle, but now there may be 40. The way of life is disappearing as the tribes move to live on the banks of the river. The Yagua tribe is trying to keep their culture alive, so they demonstrate their way of life to…

Pink dolphin, egrets, vultures, toucan, piranhas — wild.

Built in the early 1990’s for scientists to study epiphytes, the canopy walkway is a series of suspension bridges that rise to a height of more than 120 feet. They are connected by platforms on the trees. They are no wider than a ladder and they shake and sway when two people are on them.…

In the Amazon everything depends on the river. River people live in poverty by our standards but Cesar, who grew up on the river, says they are happy. The water is high, which means soon they will be flooded and have to move to higher ground.

Traditional and modern — Peru seems to be a blend of both. The country depends on tourism and so in tourist areas people wear traditional dress, as this woman. Western dress is also common. The people we met were unfailingly polite — to be expected. They did make comments about us in Spanish, which Margie…

Peruvians pride themselves on their cuisine, which they say is the best in South America. Based on corn, potatoes, (white, red, purple, yellow, and pink), grains such as quinoa, and chicken, it also includes specialties such as lucuma fruit and guinea pig (cuy). Coca leaves are infused for a tea or chewed to aid digestion…