Feb 28 - Banco LaFise, I Just Might Hate You

How crazy am I
To think problems with this bank
Could be fixed by phone?

Feb 27 - A Diagnostic Meeting in Tierra Fria

We're high in the pines
In a town with no money
Or land to grow crops

Feb 26 - Laptop's Done

Ancient computer
Gets the job done, but I miss
My fancy programs

Feb 25 - And To Think We Were Just Whining About The Cold

The hot season's back
Windows flung wide, doors open
Shark blanket too much

Feb 24 - An Easy Day At The Pool

Only girls today
Belkis swims, Johany floats
Relajan, ninas

Feb 23 - Shopping For The Mystery Teacher From A Distant Village

Even teachers need
help with school supplies down here
Bags full of basics

Feb 22 - We Move 1,800 Bricks

My shoulders will hurt
From all this throwing of bricks
Sweat makes the dirt stick

Feb 21 - April Can't Come Soon Enough

You can waste hours
Fussing over sick laptops
As if they'll rally

Feb 20 - Like Skilled Hunters, They Track Us

Why are the orphans
Standing here at our front door?
This will end badly

Feb 19 - Things Take A Critical Turn

Long-distance repairs
Hours of scans in "safe" mode''
Laptop, don't die yet

Feb 18 - An Abused Child In A Land Without Options

The family next door
Treat their small boy horribly
No easy answers

Feb 17 - In Any Language, We All Love New School Supplies

Lapiz, cuaderno
Tijeras, papel chino
Kids go wild for them

Feb 16 - A Day Of Mucho Polvo

Dusty hair, laundry
piled high from roof-top travel
We go for pizza

Feb 15 - Getting Dirty With The Teenagers

Sandals packed with mud
Lungs filled with dust and smoulder
But the job gets done

Feb 14 - Our Adventure To Lempira

Popcorn and apples
For the road to Tomala
With my valentine

Feb 13 - What I'll Remember Of Honduran Travel

Slow trips on bad shocks
Stuffed in like fish in a can
Hoping it ends soon

Feb 12 - Is This A Workplace Or A Daycare?

Oh, she´s cute enough
But I´d like her better if
She was left at home

Feb 11 - You Don´t Want To Get It Wrong In A Meeting This Important

A year of Spanish
And they think I can translate?
My errors scare me

Feb 10 - Plantation Visits With The Australians

The thing with fincas
Is that they´re always hilly
I get a workout

Feb 9 - The Outer Limits Of My Spanish

It's hard to translate
When the talk turns to fair trade
And coffee co-ops

Feb 8 - The Australians And I Visit Caffex

Heaps of coffee beans
Destined for the world market
Skins afire for fuel

Feb 7 - A Bird Walk With My Dog Pal

Egel loves water
He bounds through the shallows, stalks
alarmed basilisks

Feb 6 - The Latest Unsolvable Problem At The Hogar

This damn barrio
Doesn't have enough power
To run the washer

Feb 5 - It Never Hurts To Learn A New Skill

Optimizing sites
for Google searches might be
something I'll enjoy

Feb 4 - I'm Digging Our Local Movie Theatre

Life is civilized
When you can watch Life of Pi
And enjoy a flan

Feb 3 - First Time At The Pool

Concepcion wades in
wearing her pant suit, stopping
only when ordered

Feb 2 - Checking Out The New Despensa Familiar For School Supplies

Egel's owner knocks
early to ask for school books
We buy two bags full

Feb 1 - A Promised Gift For A Budding Birder

Happy birthday, Gage
He waits at home for me to
bring binoculars

Jan 31 - Stepping Into A Hot One Over David Suzuki's Rep

My Facebook comments
Ignite a small firestorm
His fans are incensed