Well Ms. Debbie Downer of the last post has gone, thank goodness. It’s a brand new day, the sun is shinning in Granada, Nicaragua; I’m sipping an iced latte and hanging out with my mushroom fungus.
What’s that? Oh, yes, a mushroom fungus has invaded my body. It’s actually not as bad as it sounds…
For several [...]
Entries from October 2008
October 29, 2008
it’s a brand new day and mushroom fungus
October 26, 2008
some things that i don’t know about
I just went to a Sunday morning church service in the beautiful yellow and red soaring cathedral in the middle of town, directly off the center plaza. I was walking by right at 11 a.m., the church bells started chiming, and I decided to attend the Catholic mass. This cathedral is emblematic of everything Granada. [...]
October 21, 2008
i voted!
The ambassador to the United States came to Granda on Friday night, and held a meet-and-greet, shmooze-fest for Americans at the Jockey Club outside of town. The Jockey Club is an incredibly pretentious spot, a symbol of Nicaraguan high-brow society of a former era, and indeed, of high-brow Nicaraguan society today. It’s essentially a Nicaraguan country club, [...]
October 17, 2008
designing a 16-page newspaper. solo.
Sunday morning phone call:
“Hey Darrell,” I say, to the editor of the Nicaraguan Post. “How’s it going? When do you want me to come by and copy edit the paper today?”
“Everything is hell,” he says.
“Oh,” I respond. Long pause. “Um. Why?”
“Christian [very unmotivated and slightly crazy Nicaraguan designer of the Post] quit. We have no [...]
October 16, 2008
nicaraguan painting, in leon. long, amazing title.
Todos los días del mundo entre el tiempo y el espacio el hombre se ha multiplicado creando situaciones y razas.
All the days of the world, between time and space, man has multiplied creating situations and races.
October 5, 2008
216 bananas
Life in the city moves at a different pace than life in Gigante. I blink, it is Sunday and I have been here a week. Granada sweeps me along in its lively streets, past colorful facades, neon storefronts, through the loud market street and into smoothie shops and internet cafes. It is a noisy city, [...]
