An Unfinished House

It's been a little while since last I wrote and I apologize, I've been without internet. I'm back up and running though and thought I might catch you up on all the birthdays we've had here in Laureles. November is by far our fullest month with 12...that's a lot of cake, and my waistline is showing the consequences. Carlos Karla David Waiting for Cake Elwin Carlos (A different one) Jose Ramon Happy Birthday!

What we do to kids when they misbehave

I took a group of kids out to the Mennonite Retreat Center on Saturday to play a pick-up game of Soccer with the kids that live out that way. One thing came through loud and clear... WE NEED PRACTICE! There are so many problems I don't even no where to begin but one thing remains certain, if we're to start playing in the community league in February we need to start training now. That's the last time we lose 7-3.

Coffee Everywhere I go now people give me cafe...I'm in love, a little jittery but in love nontheless.

I done bought me a pig. Sergio's family raises pigs and convinced me to buy one for $25; I figured for that kind of money how can you go wrong. Anyways, I picked 'er out yesterday and then dropped her off at another family there in the community that agreed to raise it for me. When it comes time I'm gonna get a leg and the family will keep the rest. Lazin' On An Afternoon That One's Mine I had to scare away the mother or she would have bowled me over They make so much noise, my eradrums were still ringing 15 minutes after the whole affair The thing weighs a lot more than what it looks

Ok just two really but I felt compelled to pass them along. The first is Camille Paglia who writes for Salon.com, she is an engaging, witty and thoughtful writer. She's a liberal to be sure but not in a knee-jerk, statist, big-government, intolerant of dissenting opinions sort of way. She is more of a classic free thinker, a pragmatist in many respects and always a foe of corruption, propaganda, philistine close-mindedness (both on the left and the right) and general un-thinking. I highly recommend reading her work, you won't agree with everything she writes, I certainly don't, but you will enjoy it and you'll probably be delighted by it. As for the second item; I was reading Paglia's most recent column where she happened to mention two young English girls living in Germany that do extraordinary covers of classic 60's rock songs. So I looked them up on youtube and liked what I heard. Some of their covers are passable but others are exceptional. Paglia liked ...

Eduard turned 12 the other day and we celebrated as we always do with cake, singing and prayer. Eduadr was one of the very first kids we met here in Laureles almost a year ago and incidentally I believe he was one f Becca Serra's favorites when she visited in February. As such I included some of her shots of him that she seemed to be extra proud of. Peace!