Mon. Nov. 17 – Wed., Nov. 19
- Spent Monday and Tuesday evenings up at Ventura’s house, Monday reading through some papers that had come from the U.S. Embassy regarding their dad’s visa (not approved yet, after all). He’s been scheduled for an interview on Dec. 30, so there were all these complicated instructions (all in [...]

Sun., Nov. 9
- Niña Tomasa’s still not doing well. Is having a hard time controlling her bladder and needs help moving around, although she’s been spending almost all of her time in bed or in the hammock. She said yesterday she was dying, so I’m not sure if that means she just feels horrible or [...]

Wed., Oct. 22
- My “fairy godmother” seems to have lost interest. Not sure how much longer we would have been able to keep that up anyway

Sun., Oct. 19 – Tue., Oct. 21
- Have spent Monday and Tuesday typing up ‘fichas’ (questionnaires) for the Patrimonio Cultural project. The goal was to be completely [...]

Three new photo albums

see links to “Isla Montecristo,” “Dia de los Difuntos,” and “Patrimonio Cultural” to the right

Sun., Oct. 12
Decided to sleep in and flex my independence muscle by not leaving with Robyn and Tania at 6am. Had to ask people where to get off the bus and where to go once there, but I got to Parque Cuscatlán without incident. The Tin Marin Museum didn’t open until 10am, so I [...]