“Magical realism” is just journalism in Cartagena
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“Magical realism” is just journalism in Cartagena

Last night, lightning struck the statue of the Virgin Mary that stood in the harbor to protect the seafarers of Cartagena. All that is left of her is her feet. And tonight, as we watched the pelicans dive for fish under storm clouds, the setting sun produced a double rainbow. In the hometown of Gabriel…

Growing Pains
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Growing Pains

So we have now been off of American soil for just over a month. We are slowly getting used to our new lifestyle, which is way different from our old one. This is certainly a lot more fun than working 12 hours a day, but there have been sacrifices. I think the biggest one so…

Boat school!
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Boat school!

After a few days of being hot and not getting much done (a time during which Mel upped “universal air conditioning” on her priorities to cure society’s ills, now falling in fourth place after clean water, birth control, and education for women) the family decided it was time to start school! So this Monday was…

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