As we started off on today’s field trip, to La Merced, mi maestra told me she needed to make a quick stop on the way. Her definition of “on the way” must differ slightly from mine; we went ten blocks in the opposite direction. It’s conceivable that, because she knows I like to walk, she thinks she’s doing me a favor by taking me on errands. I’d be convinced of that, if only she initiated […]
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Assertiveness Training
Today is our third day of school and the second that our thoughtful neighbor Gail has appeared at our door bright and early with delicious coffee. She totally rules (as we say in Guatemala). Yesterday afternoon my teacher told me that, for our field trip today, she wants to go to the village of Pastores. I’d resisted since I’ll be going tomorrow as well, but she seemed so eager that I tentatively agreed. Now, honestly: […]
Read moreThar She Blows
I feel worse today. I don’t think it’s the gumdrops after all. It was all I could do to drag myself out of bed at 6:45 this morning, after a night of tossing and teeth-chattering with chills. The cool thing is that el Volcan de Fuego, one of two I can see from my bedroom window, is putting on a dramatic show. Some mornings I can see delicate wisps rising from the crater, but today […]
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I don’t feel well today. Too many gumdrops? Wouldn’t you think that after a week in Antigua I’d stop getting lost? Today was our first day of Spanish school. Our house is due south of the school so I’m not sure why we started walking west but we did, ominously passing the cemetery and then getting lost among the vegetables in the mercado. When we arrived several blocks north of the school, we paused to […]
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