Plastic Farm AnimalsToday’s shopping foray in the big city of Managua involved a trip to the FarMart with hopes of purchasing a pair of hair clippers. We began our journey by asking the women at the front desk where to find the store. All three took a stab at conveying, in the correct blend of Spanish and […]
The other day I saw something that really turned my stomach. No, it wasn’t the dead gecko in my notebook or the rotten pineapple behind the kitchen, or even the sight of Walker hacking up a wad on the porch – it was a Newsweek. I have not read a news story since last year […]
Living in paradise is a challenge when it is your job to provide infrastructure to people on vacation. Like any job, there is a lot involved. Above all, we strive to hide the struggle and showcase the end product; ease and relaxation for our guests. We live in the second poorest country in the Western […]
For years we have been shaking out our shoes before putting them on in the morning. Now that we have an outside toilet, we have developed the habit of shaking out our roll of toilet paper before peeling off a few sheets. The other night I shook out a good-sized cockroach. This morning I shook […]
You’ve probably heard the phrase, “A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.” Personally, I find it offensive. I believe we all need someone and to assume that all of the people we don’t need happen to belong to the same sex is, well, sexist. The women who would make this generalization […]