For the last few days an elderly man with a walker, parks himself on the sidewalk, sitting right outside our front door. He is there from early in the morning, and then stays there, throughout the day. This in and of…
Update on my girlfriend.
Peta the urban organic gardener! Rooftop mint, basil, spinach and katuk A first harvest of tear shaped tomatoes from our rooftop terrace garden at our casa “Hubbert’s Peak” Peta has a green thumb! or orange thumb in this case. Tomatoes…
Update on Bamboo Loft, Granada
Our first “granada” (pomegranate) on a tree that Peta planted from a pomegranate seed. Not a common fruit tree in these parts. The garden is lush.. romantic and shaded. An oasis of color! Bamboo house resident on the spiral steps up…
Lois and Steve visit us in Nicaragua
At “Los Patios” (Danish) hotel on our street. Convento San Francisco, around the corner from our house Waiting for the ferry to cross Lake Cocibolca to Ometepe Island. Visiting with Martjin and Hendrix at Totoco Eco Lodge, a role model…
Mango’s response to Hurricane SANDY
Disaster resilience. Ben’s multiple life chapters converge….
Doing a google search of Ben Sandzer-Bell could lead one to think there are at least three or four of these guys running around. Not so, this self concocted last name (combining both paternal figures) resulted in a unique last…
Ben en route to Philippines via SF and Japan
HARROWING is the only word that fits my journey to the Philippines from Nicaragua. The biggest challenge, Tokyo, without a doubt. First leg Nicaragua, through El Salvador to San Francisco. A breeze – 7 hour flights, arrive midnight, go to…
SOCAP in San Franicsco, Adam’s birthday reunion
SOCAP12 in San Francisco. Ben leads a panel on Climate Reality Entrepeneurs Gorgeous view at sunset towards Golden Gate Bridge from Fort Mason, where SOCAP is held Opening day of SOCAP, where CO2 Bambu sought and obtained venture capital for…