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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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