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My most loyal readers have surely realized that I have not posted much lately. Things are hot and dusty here in León right now. Unfortunately, El Niño is walloping Nicaragua and much of Central America. A lot of communities are … Continue reading
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… And not by the Sandinistas! After my trip to the Atlantic Coast I was inspired to write a bit of a satirical piece on infrastructure out in the the lagoons. I submitted it to the Volunteer magazine, Va Pue, and … Continue reading
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I’m sure that before long it will be time for me to write wrap-up articles about my time in Nicaragua and one of those may be a list of the volcanoes that I climbed and did various other activities on … Continue reading
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Wondering what a “bad week” in the Peace Corps looks like? Look no further. I had a bad week. It didn’t suck. I’m not miserable. It was just blah. Things didn’t go my way. I went into this week hoping … Continue reading
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In the pantheon of great Nicaraguans no two men are higher than Sandino and Darío. Sandino was the independence fighter of the early 1900’s that expelled the occupying American Marines. Rubén Darío was a poet who died on February 6, 1916. … Continue reading
I intended to publish this article a few weeks ago, but I have been trying in vain to get the photos that the English teacher took on his smartphone. I figured that if I waited any longer it wouldn’t be … Continue reading
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“But the chief matter of property being now the fruits of the earth, and the beasts that subsist on it, but the earth itself, as that which takes in and carries with it all the rest, I think it is … Continue reading
For every Peace Corps Volunteers in Nicaragua there are a few pilgrimages that we need to make. Pilgrimage implies sacrifice. Suffice to say, all of our pilgrimages involve long travel and sometimes shelling out a bit of cash. Most Volunteers … Continue reading
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After I got back from my vacation and the Laguna, and the Purísima was said and done with, there were still a ton of end of year traditions that I had to partake in. December is usually one of the most comfortable … Continue reading
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On Saturday I took the plunge and bought an eco-canasta. It means eco-basket in English. It is a pre-sorted bag of organically grown produce. I bought it of course for my own personal use, but more so as a challenge. … Continue reading
