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…
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…
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…
Nicholas is a walking movie poster. I took this while he was watching his wife teach students how to make tortillas on a tour for the eco-tourism cooperative in Las Minitas.…
First day of work: Meet Gustavo, the community leader, and the other guys who are helping to build the preschool through our Friends Project ... we are building the first preschool in Las Minitas, brick by brick! www.thefriendsproject.org See the…
By the end of the second day of hauling bricks from pile to preschool, soaking them in a barrel, pulling them out by nearly tipping myself into the deep plastic barrel, and then either handing them to the masons or laying them soaking wet around th…
This is day two of construction of the preschool up in Las Minitas. Sergio, our mason, laid the foundation ropes (if that's what they are called) and the guide ropes for the footprint. Guys from the community dug the trenches and foundation ho…
Excited to stay again with Anunsciacion and her family, including little Alfoncina and Fernando, who you likely recognize from the photos from our photo exhibitions as the cutie in the blue cap. I have a new game for us to play, and for Alfoncina…
5 a.m. The ladies start making their tortillas across the street, slapping the mushed corn quickly into rounded flat patties and toasting them on a fire. Whap. Whap. Every day. All day. The first night I wondered if Marta was making some next to…
