From March to May, we enjoy mangoes. As many as we can eat. They usually cost between 15-23¢ each. The eat them green here too, which isn’t bad with some salt and seasoning. We whip them up with milk. We cook them up in crisps. We stir them into pudding. We dice them into waldorf … [Read more…]
The sheer size of Acadia overwhelms me. And she’s strong too! All 8 lbs of her. This picture reminds me of those tiny monkeys that clutch to a pinky finger that makes into nearly every edition of those hologram Guiness Book of World Records.
Two things this morning blew me away. First, at breakfast, Blaise was saying thank you to Mamá for something she put in his dish, but he began saying it in a deeper and deeper voice, over and over. Amber would respond “You’re welcome” in just as deep a voice. Blaise continued to push his chin … [Read more…]
Perhaps more for my own sake in remembering these fun (yet nearly valueless) coins, I’m recording them here. And for those who like to learn trivial facts about other countries… I present to you the coins in circulation in the Republic of Guatemala: TAILS. All of the coins feature basically the same thing on the … [Read more…]
For those faithful readers, I thought I would go back a few posts and provide an up-to-date report on some recent events (rather than post comments on 2-month-old posts): Frutas Extranjeras: Found out that the jocote is also known as the spondias mombin, the gully plum, the Spanish plum, the hog plum, the Ashanti plum, … [Read more…]
This is what Blaise said when I had the video camera out during Acadia’s first bath. Jealous or Concerned? He also commented “Big cheese!” * Cheese /tʃi:z/ n (a) camera, video camera (b) a food papa gives me when he’s cooking vt (a) to take pictures, to shoot video (b) to be photographed
I’ve been meaning to share some of the curious fruits I’ve found in the market. As usual, there are bananas, papayas, mangos, oranges, limes, lemons, pineapples, apples, berries, coconuts, apricots, melons, etc… all of which were recognizable to me, coming from Canada Then there are the alien fruits that for some reason are not marketed … [Read more…]
Meet Juan. He bikes to our house, knocks on our door every morning between 7:15 and 7:45. He is trilingual (Spanish, Poqomchí, & Q’eqchí). He has been delivering fresh, unpasteurized, creamy goat’s milk to us for nearly a year now. He comes from Tampo, 1 km west of us. He doesn’t own the goats, he … [Read more…]
I’ve started a second blog. This blog deals exclusively with films that I watch. It gives me a way to debrief myself and hopefully introduce new films to people. The new blog is called Zaak Watches Moviesby himself
About a month ago, Guatemala (and many other Latin American democratic, free nations), was graced with the presence of G.W. Bush. President Bush was here to make deals for purchasing Guatemala’s corn to make ethanol. In the days after Bush flew home, the price of corn increased by 20-25%. “Wonderful!” you may think, “Guatemalan’s will … [Read more…]