Oct 29 - The Dog That Hangs Out At CASM

Poor skin-and-bones dog
Drinking water from puddles
Better days won't come

Oct. 28 - Shivery Times On Our Usual Sunday Outing

Pool days aren't so fun
In this frio time of year
Even the kids chill

Oct 27 - Off To The Woods At The Ruins

A long, long bird walk
leads to many good sightings
Like laughing falcons

Oct 26 - The First Annual Feria Ambiental Is A Hit

Un gran exito
Bastante gente viene
Todo le ama

Oct. 25 - Well, At Least I Have A Backup Career

My typing dazzles
As I blast through 12 pages
For my co-workers

Oct. 24 - We Head For La Cumbre With A Heavy Load Of Wood

Quick trip? Edy asks
It won´t be but I say yes
We're gone six hours

Oct. 23 - The Routines Change

Paul has gone away
My computer doesn't work
A long week ahead

Oct 22 - How I Mark The Seasons Now

The mosquitoes have
Changed. They come in large numbers
With ferocious bites

Oct 21 - A Failed Trip To Casa K'Nich

How crazy is it
That they lock up the playground
When the weekend comes

Oct 20 - Final Day Of The Big Conference

If good intentions
could change the world, this would be
a revolution

Oct 19 - There's Just One Problem....

A perfect fit for
the washing machine, except
there's no drainage pipe

Oct 18 - A Laborious Conversation With Dona Rosita

How impossible
To interview in Spanish
I'm tangled in words

Oct 17 - The Copan Power Demons Claim Another Charger

Many challenges
On days without my laptop
Power woes again

Oct 16 - Terrible News From Home

Mom's low iron count
Means they cancel surgery
Two months more of pain

Oct 15 - Happy With The PowerPoint Devotional

You just can't go wrong
With good photos and music
And a little God

Oct 14 - Everyone's Happier With Two Sandwiches

A mere seven kids
Makes life easier poolside
And means there's more food

Oct. 13 - A Project Is Born

The tomato guy
thinks market sellers would like
having photos done

Oct 12 - A Pleasant Day of Photos And Quotes For The Devotional

A job like this one
Leaves lots of time for sourcing
Bible quotations

Oct 11 - The Playground's Packed At Lunch Time

The crowds are too much
Belkis and Rosario
Stay outside the gate

Oct 10 - You Can't Always Get Past Ideologies

I'm not sure if our
new friend is going to work out
I feel rants coming

Oct 9 - Guess The Angelitos Kids Missed Me

Little hands touching
me, as if to verify
that I'm really back

Oct 8 - You Can Lose A Lot Of Ground In A Week

Bogged down in catch-up
Photos, haikus, messages
Life's obligations

Oct 7 - Until Next Time, Antigua

Loud booms and church bells
Jar us from sleep before 5
Bidding us goodbye

Oct 6 - It's The Corners That Get To You

A final paddle
Then back in the van to drive
Straight up to the clouds

Oct 5 - Pablo Leads Us Arriba

The horses take us
To a high finca filled with
coffee plots for all

Oct 4 - To The Town of Weavers' Guilds

First, San Juan by sea
Then back again, walking now
A long, hot highway

Oct 3 - Smitten By Lago De Atitlan

We paddle the lake
There's something of Atlantis
Below the surface

Oct 2 - OK, Two Days Here Is Long Enough

Better the rain then
Hours of marching-band tunes
Blasting from the school

Oct 1 - I'm Wishing I Had A Sweater

A four-hour walk
Then a drive to the lago
And different weather

Sept 30 - Cooking Marshmallows On Pacaya

Up early to walk
the lava fields, and roast things
over the hot vents

Sept 29 - This City's Got A Lot Going For It

There's a good reason
Why Antigua gets tourists
And Copan struggles