Greetings from Guatemala. It is 9pm on Monday night and I am sitting in a traffic jam from a manifestación (demonstration). The transporation workers have blocked the road. They are protesting new legislation requiring them to have insurance. (More exactly I think they are protesting the terms offered by the government in this legislation). These […]
I’ve been running around, shopping for last minute items, on the phone and packing for my trip tomorrow. I’m going to Guatemala to visit water and sanitation projects I am working on that are funded by my Rotary club for three weeks. I’m exhausted. But I’m super excited to go. Guatemala is a country of […]
A friend called me and stopped by my house. We sat down on a beautiful afternoon and chatted about everything from family to foreign travel. Although I have known him for years and he is a guitar player, I had never just sat and talked with him. It was a very pleasant experience. With my […]
Twenty years ago, during the holiday season, I was thinking there are so many great Christmas songs but no good New Years songs. So, I wrote this song, “New Year’s Wish”. In so many ways I feel the world has changed in the last 20 years. And it seems to change faster every year. My […]