Good morning all. This morning's sunrise was amazing! But one of the many things Mrs. Bird taught me in 2nd grade is "Red sun in the morning, sailors take warning." Looks like rain in the West. (It did end up raining yesterday afternoon, she was right!) We don't really need it since it rained most of May, but I guess the weather does what it wants.
I spent a long weekend in the capital for our bimonthly meetings and also worked on the Kuat some. I am trying to get a complete PDF archive of all the editions back since the 70's so they could be available for Returned Peace Corps Volunteers from Paraguay for the 50th anniversary of the organization. It was fun to hang out with other Volunteers and I even got to meet some of my friends' parents who are visiting Paraguay.
The garden is rocking. I have lettuce, swiss chard, radishes, carrots, beets and tunips. Soon I will have cilantro, onions, garlic chives and parsley. Tomatoes, basil, pigeon peas and peppers after that. My cabbage and broccoli are getting devestated by little green worms. I've got a batch of homemade insecticide cooking in the sun so hopefully I can still get some kind of a crop.
My recent reading list has been varied. I finished a book of short stories by Kingsolver (in response to 9/11), got into The Kingdom of God is Inside You by Tolstoy (about pacifism), and started The World is Not for Sale (about farmers against junk food) and Pioneer Naturalists (how different plants and animals of North America got their names, Cooper Hawk and Queen Anne's lace, for example).
You probably don't come here for current news blips, but that oil spill sounds crazy. I haven't followed it but saw the video this weekend of all that oil spewing out. Hopefully BP will pay for it and we will use it as an opportunity to finally get away from oil. Also, Guatemala got hit hard recently. First, Pacaya (the active volcano Dad and I climbed) exploded and then tropical storm Agatha brought more havoc. Lots of craziness in the world. I did hear a stat that said half of US households have donated money to relif efforts in Haiti after the earthquake. That is impressive. Go US.
As long as it doesn't rain, I am going to run into La Colmena today. I think I'll try the new hippie fad: barefoot running. Apparently it is better for your joints and back. I need to go to town to check on citrus tree seedlings for grafting mandarins and oranges. I am doing a workshop this month on soil improvement starting with terracing, worm composting, and green manures. Then, in July I want to do a presentation on grafting fruit trees so if I get the plants now, they should be ready to graft at the end of July.
OK, enough news from Paraguay. Keep it tranquilo and drink some terere this Summer if you get a chance. Peace!
2 comments:
very cool. I want to read some writings from the founder of the Mennonites, he was a pacifist, too. The oil spill is devestating. I hope it ends off shore drilling at the very least!
always appreciate your updates! Looking forward to you being state side again. Will you be home around Christmas time?
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