“They’re all gone,” the women says when I ask her where the men are, clutching her small child to her side and putting a hang gingerly on her swollen belly, “they’re all gone to the hills”. I glance over at … Continue reading
The coffee comes, interrupting our conversation for a second. The woman serving the coffee gently sets down the fresh coffee cups, picks up the old ones and looks respectfully at the older woman seated in the rocker in front of … Continue reading
The women puts the final brush stroke on her painting, takes off her glasses and peers at us: two white girls, sunburned from a long day of exploring the Island of San Fernando, standing at the edge of her porch, … Continue reading
It all happened so fast. In my mind I had it planned out precisely: I would choose the chicken, pay homage to the gods and ask to take it’s life,maybe make an offering, build a fire and dance around … Continue reading
Food is a touchy subject anywhere, far from being merely a source of energy and nutrients, it is intricately linked to identity, emotions, feelings of well-being. Every country has its staple food; in India it is rice and dahl, in … Continue reading
Probably my biggest problem in Somoto up to this date has been the diversity of food-or lack thereof. It has been a world of difference coming from Vancouver where there are Asian and Indian supermarkets on every corner and Iranian, … Continue reading
I came through the door yesterday, saw my domestica, Carmen, cooking beans on the fogata outside and immediately know that today had to be the day. I had had the bones in the fridge for a while now and was … Continue reading
“No hay agua,amor” my host mum, Aura, greets me this morning. I mutter a greeting in return and stumble in my sleep-drunken state to the bathroom to splash some wáter on my face but as I turn on the faucet- … Continue reading
I hear the Taxi’s horn behind me and stick out my arm to wave it down. It pulls up behind me; an old Toyota, one of the many that comprise the fleet of well-used, beat-up cars that serve as collective … Continue reading
The boat sputters and heaves against the waves. I see the front lift up and then smack down on the surface of the ocean sending a wave of bathtub-warm wáter to where I am sitting in the back of the boat, … Continue reading
