Midnight in Las Minitas
Midnight at Don Mauricio's house in Las Minitas, with the best view of the night sky. Hand-held 15-second exposure with a flashlight on the saddle.…
To the seamstress
My clothes are either too big or disintegrating again so I went with Xiomara to her friend's house to get them fixed. She is about 65 and I have stayed with her and her grandsons for the past six years I have come here. I've watched them g…
Own it.
So there's a small cadre of gay guys here in El Sauce, a place that seems ok open to them in a country not known for its incredible openness on this topic. I am looking at one of them right now, who is in the English class. The other day I walke…
Yo deretir me. (or, help me, I'm melting)
It is so hot it feels like I'm baking from the inside. When I shower and dry my hair, I have to unplug the fan for the 2 minutes this takes, and I hate that. I must stop leaving the house with wet hair. Nothing catches the sweat and it pours down…
Home away from home
I took some photos around the house today. AlĂ© and Marcelo trying to get the pet parrot, Chocoyito, out of the backyard tree, some of the mangoes that drop off the tree and onto the tin roof at night and scare the crap out of me because it sounds…
Where are you from?
Where are you from? New York. It is very hot for me here. Very hot. It's better than 2011, when people were handing me towels to dab the sweat of my drenched face. (Only a few people guess anything other than the U.S., and then it's Germa…
They know the way home.
Walking to the office i love that I saw a horse and foal in front of my door. Another horse on the corner. They will wander tonight, but Yaci assures me they know where they live and will finally go home. Like the chickens, the pigs, the cows. :-)…
Opening day!
I arrived at the preschool in Las Minitas to find palm fronds decorated with paper flowers on the door and tablecloths on the two tables families had brought to the school. Javier, who also teaches our English class, myself, Frankling and Alcides…
Beinvenidos al preescolar Guardabarranco!
The national bird of Nicaragua is the guardabarranco, a lovely little creature with yellow chest and a splash of red on its wings and a long tail of bright blue like the pendulum of a grandfather clock. It is so common on the way to and in Las Min…