Season’s Greetings from Lunaguava
Christmas is upon us! Hopefully, gifts should be mostly wrapped, families gathered and food waiting to be served. Although we will be celebrating Christmas (or airing grievances, if we decide to go with Festivus)...
Category: Tangents
Christmas Snow and Sun
As children of the Mediterranean, Christmas season was a time of howling winds, jittery cold and, if extraordinary luck prevailed, occasional glimpses of snow. As we grew older, the most treasured gift became not...
Manic Design (for Life)
During the past few weeks, as I’ve sat gazing at Lake Atitlán’s unworldly sunsets, feeling the breath of the Earth caressing my wayward soul, there has been one thought circling around my dazzled mind:...
Love, Gone Swimming
A long time ago, I got offered a dog for Christmas. It was not a gift from my parents, mind you – he just happened to be passing by, and must have taken the...
A Village Besieged
I am a country dog. By this I do not mean I have a particular fondness for banjos, or that I am a follower of hip-hop trends (where it’s pronounced dawg), or that I...
Kids on the Run
When not figuring out which color goes with vermillion, people throughout the world have been spending a lot of time discussing the economical woes of the EU. Enmeshed in all the talk about the...
Who's in charge of this joint anyway? To learn a bit more about the brains behind the bedlam,