May 2012
8 posts
If a tree falls…
I wrote this a few weeks back, scribbled in a notebook while sitting on the saw dusty floor of the local Teak tree plantation, but have admittedly been neglecting the Tumblr as we’ve been in the thick of getting Pilon’s recycling centers in place and fit for use.
What’s that old saying? If a tree falls in the forest and nobody hears it, did it really fall? Mmm..no. I don’t think that’s right....
April 2012
3 posts
March 2012
11 posts
A little something I wrote... →
My Parents are coming tomorrow!
That is all.
Along with an unmeasurable level of excitement and happiness to show them my part of Panama.
Our El Pilon Recycling Centers Project
In an effort to reduce the amount of trash produced in the town of this Veraguas town and the trash that is either burned, or thrown into the streets, streams, and the local river, the community has proposed the construction of two small recycling centers to be located in the Junior High and Primary Schools. Due to some administrative snafus with the national environmental agency, the community...
February 2012
3 posts
“Going for Water
The well was dry beside the door, And so we went with pail and...”
– Robert Frost.
As of February 8, 2012...
We’ve made great strides in our recycling program, which really means, we’ve started one for the first time ever and people have taken a liking to the idea of recycling and managing their waste differently for their own health and that of the community. Next up, trying to secure the last bit of funding we need to get our two recycling centers built.
Now that the rain has stopped and all has dried...
January 2012
7 posts
““You have to take risks.
We will only understand the miracle of life fully...”
– Paulo Coelho
““I thought I’d learned my lesson
But I secretly expected
A choir...”
– St. Vincent
It’s Summertime in Pilón
It is January 18 (when I’m writing this) and we are deep into the dog days of a Pilón summer, though they don’t use that phrase here.
Here, summer means trips to the river and long dirt-path walks home at twilight in wet shorts and t-shirts because, here, even a one-piece bathing suit shows too much skin.
Summer means steaming pots full of white rice dressed up for the season with the...
December 2011
12 posts
And, it's time to go back...
In Panama at 3:00pm tomorrow…or so says American Airlines.
Viva Panama viva!
It was amazing to be home but it’ll also be nice to get back to Pilon. I really do get the best of both worlds. How lucky am I?
“The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes.”
– Frank Lloyd Wright (via elige (via pinkseersucker)
I like sparklers: 10:09am on Sunday. →
pinkseersucker:
This morning is for: being a bit jetlagged, Michael Buble Christmas, missing The Brit, missing the way The Brit made me proper tea on holiday, watching Love Actually followed by The Holiday and wishing it was last Sunday when I was setting off for The Cotswolds.
but then…
This afternoon will be…
Click on and keep reading about her afternoon…
This, from...
November 2011
9 posts
“Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And...”
– Maya Angelou (via libraryland)
Yes.
Gobble, gobble...up all the traditional Turkey Day...
But first, I had to get there.
Thanksgiving travel in Panama…turns out, just as un-fun as it is in the U.S. At least there were great friends, good wine and a grand feast at the end of it. Complete with [very] cold temperatures up in the mountains of Chiriqui, and a dance party to finish it all off.
Feliz Turkey Day/Night from here!
And tomorrow…beings the countdown to Christmas.
