Midnight, December 19: Already our Spanish is being tested. When we got to our gate, an announcement in Spanish came across the loudspeaker: something about “ah-dos.” While I sat happily at gate A-1 as originally instructed, scores of people flooded toward A-2… Noon, December 19: After a stop in San Salvador, we landed at the Guatamala City airport on schedule, and stumbled our way through customs and out to where Don Toí±o awaited with his […]
Read moreMonth: December 2005
A Final Message for Dan
Dan: I didn’t mean to be writing again before I leap, Irish-dancerlike, onto the airplane today. But awoken as I was this morning by Sumpy’s piercing cries for help, I’ve reconsidered my priorities. Here are more pictures for you. Overnight, things changed in the basement. Following are salient bits of info supported by photos. On the uphill side of the basement, below the French drain, there’s water seeping in along an eight- or ten-foot stretch […]
Read moreReport from the Water Line
This is a post for Dan. Hi, Dan. It’s raining and it’s 1:00 a.m., so it seems a good time to descend into the dark to check out the addition. It’s been drizzling all day and raining in earnest for a couple hours, and (so far) things are looking much better than last time. In this first picture I’m facing uphill toward the basement, and while the cement is dry you can an area starting […]
Read moreThe Sump with No Name
Things are on temporary hiaitus until the new windows go in next week, so the job’s little task-list lies neglected, barren of new to-do’s: As a first step in resolving the drainage problem, a second sump pump has moved in, across the basement from Sumpy. Does anyone have suggestions for what to name this gentle creature: I imagine that, when the rains come, I’ll hear a heavenly duet emanating from the basement as the two […]
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