Jan 30 - The Website Obsession Keeps Me Pinned To My Laptop Even On A Weekend, But I Guess I Must Like It

What's this? Skipping sun?
At least I'm here in the breeze
Good tunes on the Bose

Jan 29 - Working On The Inside Of A Website Is An Activity That Can Suck Me In For Many Hours And Ultimately Make Me Happy, Or At Least Relieved To Not Be So Discouraged

Everything is wrong
Head down, I make the fixes
I'll hurt tomorrow

Jan 28 - In Which An Eye Exam From An Opthalmologist And A Pair Of Progressive Lens Glasses In Nice Frames Costs Me $120

I needed glasses
My pal sneaks me in for free
I choose black with red

Jan 27 - One Of The Haikus That Taught Me A Painful Lesson

A haiku was here
But I should have stayed silent
This day forgotten

Jan 26 - An Entire Day Spent Mired In My Inability To Grasp This Complex Project

I'll figure this out
But I still wish that MySql
Was nothing I knew

Jan 25 - Sometimes The Best Use Of Work Time Is To Take A Couple Of Hours To Make A Fun Little Video For A Nice Family

Movies for my pals
Her sister swirls past, dancing
Chichiles jingle

Jan 24 - Putting Together The Diriamba Video Is Almost As Good As Being There

Sunshine first, before
the big tree brings shade. Then I'm
lost in Gueguense

Jan 23 - My Yearning For Time Alone In Nature Leads Me To A Gated-Off Trail At Parque Masaya Volcan, Where I Don't See A Single Person For Three Hours

Not enough liquids
If not for that, a fine time
Trogons, monkeys, heat

Jan 22 - Sometimes You Just Pay The Bill

Problem is resolved
Money is the easy fix
It gets the job done

Jan 21 - Sometimes All That's Really Notable About A Day Is That You Were Influenced By A Co-Worker's Comments To Buy Groceries After Work At A Store That's Too Far To Walk From If You're Carrying Stuff

I could stagger home
But damn it, I'll spend two bucks
Taxi, carry me

Jan 20 - The Festival Of San Sebastian In Diriamba Puts Me In My Very Happy Place, Especially With All These Roaming Gueguense Characters

My favourite saint
gambols with mules and viejos
Strangers bring me home

Jan 19 - The Feeling That Comes Sometimes When You Multi-Task

This is honest work
So why do I feel sneaky?
Helping one helps all

Jan 18 - I Did Feel Worried For Our Neighbour When Things Got So Quiet At His House For A While, But Now I'm Sorry I Had That Thought

4:30 a.m.
The man's stereo is cranked
My earplugs fail me

Jan 17 - Lessons From The Back Yard When You Have The Second Book Of Juegos De Hambre But No Blanket

Important to know:
You won't escape scratchy grass
on a fitted sheet

Jan 16 - We Are Accosted By What Must Be A Lonely Canadian Looking For Someone To Confide In As We Walk By The 'Caribbean Morena' Bar

Ken feels like talking
He's surprised that his brothel
brings him grief. Really?

Jan 15 - A Down Day Picks Up When Eduardo Comes Around With An Amigo Who Knows The Town

My form's a failure
But our new friend Roger brings
welcome distraction

Jan 14 - Not All Documents Come In Tidy Form

I browse the reports
Not much, but I'm glad for them
Their details add up

Jan 13 - We'll Enjoy Each Other's Company Now, And Later We Will See If There's A Later

World travellers share
things like luggage scales, cold beer
To know, then forget

Jan 12 - In Which I Am Struck By Inexplicable Dizziness And Also Come To The Realization That I Draw The Line At Riding 3 Hours North On The Back Of Erick's Motorcycle, Even For Bee Videos

I wobble to work
Though happy for an excuse
To ditch on danger

Jan 11 - Abandon Ship, All Hope Is Lost, Nothing Is Ever Going To Change. Or It Could Just Be Monday

One of those dark days
When it sinks in that no one
has much interest

Jan 10 - Writing About The Syria Situation For A Friend Makes Me Appreciate Life In Nicaragua Reading Juegos del Hambre In The Sunny Back Yard

Not meaning to judge
But Syria, you're a mess
Hope this pitch brings bucks

Jan 9 - Aren't We Just So Central American Now?

Off to the market
Then to the neighbour's for treats
To prep for pizza

Jan 8 - If Wishes Were Horses, Communications Consultants Would Ride. But They Aren't, As My Summoning Reminds Me

Inch my chair around
Smile for the photo. Present.
The unpaid expert

Jan 7 - Making The Most Of This Week At Home To Prepare For The Cuso Communications Workshops We'll Be Giving In A Couple Of Months

PowerPoints pile up
Three almost done, two more left
Fingers crossed for luz

Jan 6 - Something About The Evocative Smell Of The Fancy Cigar Store Makes Me Want To Get Comfy On That Brown Leather Couch And Light Up

In my mind, I'm there
With scotch and cigar in hand
Though I'd likely cough

Jan 5 - Freshening Up The 2013 How-To Presentation On Better Photos Brings To Light My Improved Spanish, Or At Least My Belief That It Has Improved

I mark time's passing
by all the errors I find
in old PowerPoints

Jan 4 - Who'd Have Thought That My Low Boredom Threshold Would Get Even Lower With Age?

First day back to work
Good. Too much time off gets dull
Get that groove back on

Jan 3 - On The Eve Of When The World Starts Up Again

A day of Nothing
feels sweeter when preceded
by weeks of Something

Jan 2 - Finally We Visit Esteli, Though The Endless "Ropa Americana" Stores In The Downtown Aren't Quite What I Was Picturing

Paul wants to go home
I balk and we go shopping
Sadly, no cigars

Jan 1 - Not Even A Holiday Cancellation Of All Transport Options Stops Us From Making Our Way To The Glorious Somoto Canyon

The crowds are coming
But not yet. We swim alone
Through 12 million years

Dec 31 - New Year's Eve In Somoto, Which Begins With The Christmas Miracle Of Not Having To Stand For The Entire 3.5 Hour Trip

How'd we get tickets?
Bound for a northern canyon
Where viejos die hard