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Machismo is Not Culture
I recently was discussing with a friend in Copan the word culture and how we both thought it was often misused to make excuses for unacceptable treatment of women and children. Until she had brought...
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Casita Copan Adventures
The last couple of weeks have been a lot of fun at Casita Copan with adventures to the ruins and a movie and popcorn day. I love seeing their little faces light up. Literacy classes have begun for the...
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Making a Home in Copan Ruinas
During Easter week an evening was dedicated to making las alfombras, which are made of colored sawdust. The streets are cleared and these sawdust mosaic carpets of religious and Mayan symbols are...
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Lights Out
Lights Out The light ends the day When it shuts off Hot, sticky Plastered to the bed Hoping the stillness will bring reprieve From the umbearable heat Waiting for air The night is alive With those who...
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Machismo
If women see themselves as possessions of men, it is that much more impossible for men to think of women as anything else. Living in Honduras, where machismo is the norm, is much different than...
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Paint the World a Different Color
Before I left for Honduras, my niece copied the following poem on paper for me and said,”Auntie, this is a poem about you.” I found it tucked away in my journal today and felt gratitude in reading it...
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Roots, Revolvers, and Ruby Waterfall
Rooted stillness Certainty in extended fingers Patiently stretching, reaching out Savouring the sun’s gentle caresses Veins exposed The soul longs to fly Running in place Resisting until carried by...
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Creating a Community: Building a Village in San Jose, Guatemala
This past week I visited a clinic under construction in San Jose, an isolated, impoverished community in Guatemala 30 minutes from Copan Ruinas via unpaved roads. A few years ago, the people there...
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La Feria
My trepidations about deciding to stay here are quickly being replaced with excitement of the daily adventures that come with living in a new country. I am finding that friends come easily. For...
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My Heart Will Be Full Again
I relished the last moments with my dear friend before she left to return to the states. I had the best night of salsa dancing in Antigua, moving my body to the rhythm until parched of all fluids,...
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La Vida Loca
It never fails to amaze me how the perfect people appear in my life to help me grow and expand myself. I think they have always been there throughout the years, but I perceived them in a different...
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Copán/Antigua…”Some Like It Hot”
I love the flowers here…I try to mirror my accesssories after them…the brighter and more colorful the better. The Parque de Aves is home to various plants and the endangered Scarlet Macaws amongst...
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Yo Estoy Enferma.
After only a few days in Honduras, I find myself horribly ill. I felt queasy leaving the states. On my second flight, I was asked if I really wanted to fly from Atlanta to Honduras by the attendant as...
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En Mis Sueños
I was so nervous coming to “the murder capital of the world,” but the walls I built around myself are quickly crumbling as I fumble through Spanish with my taxi driver, a man of patience and smiles. I...
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Phoenix
Phoenix Like ships that pass in the night We pass into and out of each other’s lives We learn our lessons Then return to the dark Open and free A little light in the distance Close but out of reach....
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Reading is Sexy in the Northwest
Signs I am back in the northwest: Servers in restaurants wearing beanie hats and covered in tattoos; vintage and second-hand shopping extravaganzas; the smell of quality coffee and fresh loose-leaf...
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Full Circle: NY Again
More confused than ever about what I should be doing and where I should be…everyone keeps asking what are my plans…maybe I just don’t have any, and I don’t want to…at least the more people ask me, the...
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Berlin Wall Art
I hurt for Germany and its Berlin Wall, its Holocaust museums and memorials, constant reminders that their past is full of war and cruelty. How can they move on under such scrutiny? The guilt must be...
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Netherlands: More Bicycles, Hagel Slag, and Dirt Please!
In the Netherlands, my original plan was to visit Amsterdam only, but due to the generosity of many lovely people, I ended up getting to know this tiny little country quite well. Amsterdam is where my...
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Getting Lost in Amsterdam
Windows Windows framing snapshots Snapshots of silhouettes Silhouettes are shadows Shadows that dance Dance in alleyways Alleyways to entice Entice the curious Curious to discover Discover sexual...
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