April 29 - Making Music for the CASM Microempresas

Hottest day so far
I make music in the park
Sweat runs down my legs

April 28 - The Notorious Repollo Gets Me

I knew better than
to eat the cabbage. Next time
I'll pretend I'm full 

April 27 - The ATM Eats My Money

Two hundred dollars
Gone like I never had it
Ghosts in the machine

April 26 - But He Followed Me Home

A dog, a guitar
Things are starting to shape up
Can we keep him, Paul?

April 25 - An Instructive Field Trip With My CASM Buddies

Want to come with us?
The guys ask, so I say yes
La Cumbre beckons

April 24 - Another Painful Bus Ride Back to Copan

The only good that
comes from busing eight hours
is that we're now home

April 23 - Cooling Our Heels at the Hotel Alsacia

A day in the sun
Reading while Lucas gets trapped
Between the two doors

April 22 - Our Sunday Walk

Oh, how brave we are

Walking all the way to the

city’s grimy core

April 21 - A Day Trip to Parque Nacional La Tigra

Higher and higher

To beautiful La Tigra

Land of the quetzals

April 20 - We Dare to Walk A Few Streets in Tegus

We venture forth with
only our smiles to save us
Nothing bad happens

April 19 - Mega Plaza Mall Might As Well Be In Vancouver

It turns out a mall
Is just a mall, even here
We shop just the same

April 18 - Why I Just Can't Take a Shine to Tegucigalpa

Windows barred, doors locked
This city is under siege
An urban prison

April 17 - A Two-Hour Meeting - in Spanish

Just three months ago
We couldn't talk with Iris
Count this as progress

April 16 - The Long (Long) Ride to Tegucigalpa

The "direct" bus ride
Is in fact four long hours
With dozens of stops

April 15 - Early Morning Bird Tour with Malcolm

We've barely left shore
When we spot our first trogon
Species pile up fast

April 14 - Wandering in the Amazing Park at Yojoa

It's just us and the
boardwalk, stretching out over
the marsh full of birds

April 13 - Aboard the El Mochito to Lago de Yojoa

They warned us away

From taking local buses

But sometimes, you do

April 12 - On the Street Where We Live

Half a block away
There's a baleada shop
An easy dinner

April 11 - Strange Times in Delsey's Hot Kitchen

The pitbull won't stop
Jumping up to lick my face
Its puppies whimper

April 10 - A Communications Breakthrough

Finally, I get
my hands on the Facebook page
New friends for CASM

April 9 - www.limpiastucolon.com

The devotional
Veers in a strange direction
When talk turns to poo

April 8 - Waiting for the Miracle

I can't say for sure
But something might be clicking
I understand more

April 7 - My Musical Debut at La Terraza

They're new songs to me
But Honduran standards here
I feel like a star

April 6 - A Procession, An Alfombra, a Day in the Sun

Good Fridays slip past
A day off and little more
But this one will stick

April 5 - First Craft Day at the Orphanage

The children go wild
At the chance to make hand prints
Their joy breaks my heart

April 4 - The Semana Santa Crowds Arrive at Papa Changa's

What's this? We're used to
having this place to ourselves
Religion fills pools

April 3 - Our First Big Storm

Just behind the clouds
The lighting flashes, thunder
bellows from above

April 2 - A New Day, a New Strategy

On a mission, I
buy a melon and climb high
Looking for ways in

April 1 - I Don't Like Feeling Ineffective

I can't sleep tonight
Too many questions, too few
easy solutions