(just a little glimpse of things that catch my eye or words that hit my heart; a way of sharing without needing all the words
I don't know how frequently this will be updated, but hey...this blog is very much a work in progress)
I don't know how frequently this will be updated, but hey...this blog is very much a work in progress)
Guat City WeekendPLAYA QUILOMBO:Exploring ruins in and around downtown Antigua:Things we say here all the time, but couldn't get away with saying in the states:
She is free in her wildness, she is a wanderess, a drop of free water. She knows nothing of borders and cares nothing for rules or customs. 'Time' for her isn’t something to fight against. Her life flows clean, with passion, like fresh water. |
Cooking Day (beans, rice, tortillas)
Exploring Iximche
// (These Mayan ruins have only been discovered more recently, but they predate Tikal significantly and may, after it's been further excavated, end up being the largest Mayan city ever uncovered.) Spanish school is a lot of fun because my tutor, Gloria, asks me if I understand a word...and when I say yes, she asks me to explain it -- IN SPANISH!
This has made for some pretty hysterical definitions that leave us both laughing: prison = a house for bad people grass = it's green and on the floor outside I hope I never get used to A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.
-John Steinbeck |