Sunset in Las Minitas
So the preschool we are building with the farmers is about 400 meters below this spot. And what a lovely one it is.…
Setting a foundation
It’s our third day of work at the preschool in Las Minitas, where Sergio, our mason, is on his way up to begin work after Gustavo and other men (and some kids) from the community have dug a trench around the footprint and also the deep foundation h…
5 a.m. time to make tortillas
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…
5 years in Chinandega?
I wondered if I speak Spanish like I spent time in jail, maybe up in the federal prison in Chinandega, because I pick up slang from friends. And everyone knows how my friends are what with the refined language :-) Today Yaci's mom told me I k…
I want that!
Coming down the mountain today, Enrique told me "kris is synonym for dance. Party." He then told me my name should be a verb. Might be the best five words someone has complimented me!…
zzzzzz....
No water for like a week, and finally the internet works so I've got me a flurry of blogging. I'm exhausted, and not from riding in the back of a pick-up 4.5 hours up and down the mountain to the school and slowly roasting over a 100-degree o…
Clint Eastwood
Don Mauricio is the Clint Eastwood of Nicaragua. He’s 80 something years old and every night walks up to the summit to sleep at the Ranchon, to keep his eye on the lone solar panel that the tourism and coffee cooperative has up there. Every time I s…
Language faux pas #101
"I like to ride down the mountain in the back of the pick-up, but I cought with all the dirt and dust. I have a bad pechuga ... from smoking." For what must be the 100th time, Enrique looks at me, smiles, laughs and says, "you have…
First time out with the GoPro
Trying out the GoPro, which just makes me want to test out the 100mph and underwater options. ... at the Laguna de Apoyo, a crater lake formed by a volcano many moons ago. An awedsome place. Kayaks, and nothing to see in front of you but blue wate…