Guatemalan elections: Held on Sundays and only restaraunts and emergency services are open; Families take their children out and show them the process and their excitement for it; Men get haircuts (and take their sons to get haircuts) especially for the occasion; People dress up (hats, bows, ties, etc.); Churches and schools post signs to VOTE (either way); NO alcohol sales for 24 hours before they begin (encouraging sober voting); NO campaigning after noon two days before (encouraging thoughtful voting); NO police or army are allowed to vote (they have had corruption ruin their elections...
I’ve got that slightly detached feeling of trying to look at how I’m feeling about going on a real trip, adventure, … journey. The preparatons have been consuming and I hope they will allow us to be in the moment …
Oat grains fall out across the counter and escape to hide in cracks I never knew existed in the grout. They are not the orderly army of fiber I thought I commanded. They turned into a guerrilla attack against my …
Guatemalan elections: Held on Sundays and only restaraunts and emergency services are open; Families take their children out and show them the process and their excitement for it; Men get haircuts (and take their sons to get haircuts) especially for the …
It stands proud, showing its thorns to the world, protecting its soft juices with prickly clothes. Perhaps I should wear sack cloth and ashes.
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