Woo hoo! WE - The Friends Project — built a school in Nicaragua! Tomorrow, July 23, I'm hosting a pop-up photo show to celebrate. I'll be sharing images of the construction, my experience with the Las Minitas farmers, the opening celebrati…
I wrote this "About me" section when I joined Facebook, I don't know, maybe 8 years ago? Life is short. Life is sweet. Life is a bag of rocks smashing you in the head. Life is the 2 a.m. conversations about your insane adventures, wi…
As you know, on this journey of mine we are highlighting everyday people who make a difference. They are out there; we just don't hear about them ... like Nicholas, in Las Minitas, Nicaragua. Through The Friends Project [www.thefriendsproject.…
My final trip up to Las Minitas, to hang out with the kids in the new preschool. Marisela was helping them with creativity and, likely, some control, because they needed some help tracing their hands to make pictures. she's awesome with the kid…
I finally understand those country songs about riding around in the pick-up in the sticks ... Some of my best times have been riding around in this "Gift of God" or on top of it, or where we got to when we turned off the motor. I've…
It's my final day in El Sauce before I take off for Peru and Bolivia, and I think EVERY friend of mine from Las Minitas from the cofee and tourism cooperatives is in town. Even the ones I never see. Alcides and Nicholas, and then Emiliano and…
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.…
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…
