Several quakes over the last days. I felt a few. Today there was one ... small. 4.2 But it triggered the fault, which is in Managua. The same fault that caused the 1972 quake that killed 6000. Not gonna lie. I'm nervous. At dinner there was a…
There was a 4.2 earthquake today in Managua... the latest of about four quakes centered in Managua and south. I felt Friday's, a little shudder under my feet and rumbling a city away. Today's was small but it triggered the fault here. The sa…
Kellans birthday and he made Italian dinner for us... we sat around Yaci's patio Talking, meeting some new friends and laughing over the language mistakes ... and then were glued to the tube to watch the Pacqiao fight running to take turns in th…
Last night we arrived in Managua after what seemed like a very long bus drive, first in an old American school bus then me in the four-man back row of a microbus. Of course a bus ride with a sweaty woman's butt resting on d shoulder is the worst…
Rolled into town and first thing out, we rode up to Las Minitas and beyond to Cerro Colorado for a meeting of the basket-making cooperative. There are so few people up there I know many; they are my friends. We pull up and there's Alonso, who s…
I am have been in El Sauce but the water and electricity has not! So I washed my hair for the first time in four days. But meh, the dust looked fine in it too. More body.…
First day in El Sauce, we rode up the mountain to Las Minitas and past to Cerro Colorado, for a meeting of the Fuente de Pino basket-making cooperative. These are the women who make the baskets out of pine needles that fall near their homes; simpl…
This is the existing preschool-kindergarten that The Friends Project is helping the farmers replace with a one-room shoolhouse with a few windows, blackboard and supplies! Work starts Monday and I’ve brought the mascot for the kids to name when they…
