Empty nesters – second offspring visit
A few days after Oren left (see earlier blog entry – Empty Nesters: first visit from offspring), it was Adam’s turn to visit. Adam is a Freshman at University of Texas in Austin and is majoring in Latin American studies.…
CO2 Bambu lives!
Sometimes it’s hard to pinpoint a single event, a single decision, a single day when the big picture gets impacted. Not this time. In the most recent blog entry on our bamboo adventure “we’ve been Mitched”, we explained that CO2…
Tree of Life Nicaragua – a vision in the making
We’ve blogged about Gabriel Cousens, the live food expert and MD. This past weekend centered around yet another dimension — i.e. Gabriel Cousens as spiritual leader / rabbi. We were invited to get together and celebrate Shabbat together. Those readers…
Street art and signage
One can find art all around. In Granada, we’ve started to notice the often quirky signage… The more we look, the more we find. So here is a first batch of signage that peeked our interest. Shoe shop… … Hair…
Gabriel Cousens – leading world authority on nutrition – launches a live food movement in Nicaragua
We’ve blogged before about the pending food crisis in Nicaragua, as a result of the current drought. We’ve also blogged about Peta’s efforts to create an organic local food co-op in Granada, by arranging a weekly delivery of live food…
The Virgin is coming, the virgin is coming…
So you THINK you know the holidays that matter. But Noooo…. Turns out that “La Virgen”, i.e. the appearance of “the virgin”, a.k.a, Virgin Mary, on her altar, is a big deal round these parts. Actually it’s part of the…
Mango’s “Brazilian”
It all started rather innocently, with Peta wanting to give Mango a “trim”. As you can see from the picture below, the process is much like shearing a sheep. Problem is that we don’t have shears and there are no…