The Landlord

Brrrr, it’s cold out there today! -25 degrees Celsius (-12 degrees Fahrenheit for my friends south of the border). With the wind chill, it’s down to –38 at the moment. I’m very grateful that slaDE~ is able to stay home today … The men placing Rebar don’t work in temperatures lower than –20 here in…

The better part of the past 2 days has been spent packing up Jean’s belongings in a tighter and more efficient manner so that we could store them downstairs in the apartment’s storage locker. We find it important to make this 1 bedroom corner suite “our home” and that means effectively communicating what our desires…

As is true of every Friday night at Juan Sissay, again this week we had a Graduation party, with a twist – at the school we cooked a typical Guatemalan meal prior to the official ‘ceremony’. I loved the sangria (a steaming ‘Guatemalan tea’ which acts more like a desert/meal) made up of a tasty…