Nov 30 - No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

How can I hate debt
Yet end up on the wrong side
Of a big, bad loan?

Nov 29 - Field Trip To Penasco, Municipio de Proteccion, Departamento de Santa Barbara

Hours in the car
Borrowed boots, a muddy walk
But interesting

Nov 28 - Siguatepeque II: Who Invented This Road, Anyway?

A gruelling trip home
Hot chocolate on the way
Chatter behind me

Nov 27 - A Gift From The Heavens?

A day-long sermon
But things really pick up when
Four toucans fly past

Nov 26 - A Nauseating Ride to Siguatepeque

Carsick for hours
Edy takes the curves too fast
My friend Dramamine

Nov 25 - A Different Sunday Activity For The Angelitos Gang

Too cold for the pool
We go for ice cream instead
A raucous young crowd

Nov 24 - The Luxury Of A Lazy, Stay-At-Home Day

A day of nothing
Is exactly what I want
Time to wash the clothes

Nov 23 - Team FCC Honduras Pays A Visit To Angelitos

A long but good day
Building beds and helping kids
Get past their illness

Nov 22 - The Relative Euphoria Of A Better Day

Short trip, fewer stoves
Everybody comes home happy
Free day tomorrow

Nov 21 - First Thoughts On La Libertad

Young dogs and garbage
Pile up on rough, rocky streets
Small, poor, unpretty

Nov 20 - A Long, Hard Trip To Guaramal In The Back Of The Truck

I am a mummy
Wrapped against the stinging dust
Braced against the bumps

Nov 19 - Doing Duty As The U.S. Doc's Assistant

I turn away when
the talk turns to testicles
But I still translate

Nov 18 - The First Glimpse of Angelitos Breaks Your Heart

Leaning into dad

The girl cries for what she's seen

Helpless to change it

Nov 17 - The Walking Tour That Never Was

My tour-guide debut
Goes wrong when the group decides
to buck cohesion

Nov 16 - Meeting The Americans

Stuffed into a truck

We hustle to San Pedro

Then back in a bus

Nov 15 - Taking Paul Up On His Challenge To Use The Bean-Salad Line

In a day that was

Largely unremarkable

We have bean salad

Nov 14 - Merlin Takes Me To His Home Town

Really, I should have
Declined this long, bumpy ride
To San Fernando

Nov 13 - A Really Terrible Travel Day

Planes, buses, waiting
An excruciating day
But finally, home

Nov 12 - A Yummy Launch Into Our Last Day

Luxury breakfast
Starts our final day, which lasts
Long into the night

Nov 11 - Volcanoes, Pirate Ships and Dancing Waters

We bundle up more
And hit the strip one more time
Catching the free shows

Nov 10 - And They Tell Us It Hit 80 Last Week

So cold, but we shop
For hours, then hurry back
For the Mystere show

Nov 9 - Who Needs to Gamble?

A big Ross's shop
Then we tour the casinos
Awed by all the glitz

Nov 8 - First Night In The Town That Never Sleeps

This strange Vegas night
Erases our exhaustion
We walk until 2

Nov 7 - The Holiday Begins At The Metrotel

Turning upside down
In the hotel room, belly
Full of good burger

Nov 6 - But I Don't Want To Buy Your Cousin A Computer in Vegas

Edy shows up late
Still pushing me to make time
To do his shopping

Nov 5 - Just Because I Can Type Fast Doesn't Mean I Should Have To

My back is aching
But the work goes on and on
Data entry sucks

Nov 4 - No More Ms. Nice Guy

Way too many kids
For our trip to the playground
Next time, no neighbours

Nov 3 - The Weather Interferes With My Pool Plans

The sun doesn't shine
So it's bird walks and blog posts
And wishing Paul home

Nov 2 - They're Rockin' The Graveyard

I skip lunch to go
Back to the cemetery
It's fiesta time

Nov 1 - Dia De Los Difuntos

Old man, I am moved
By the way you weed that grave
There's love in that act

Oct 31 - Forget The Grimm Marathon

The power is out
But a full moon shines above
Ghosts howl in the square

Oct. 30 - A 24-Hour Proposal Deadline

I come to regret
Saying I would write this thing
Working until 9