Beauty – Page 5

Hi-Lo 11: Surprises and Stings

January 23, 2019January 23, 2019 First Person ForeignAbuelita

It was sunny today in Sololá. I woke up and Abuelita was already weaving purple thread accompanied by Meesh (our cat. His name is Heróe but we all just call him Meesh, which is cat[…]

Hi-Lo 8: Coffee & Romance

January 11, 2019January 11, 2019 First Person ForeignBeauty

Cutting Coffee in Rural Guatemala in Santa Clara La Laguna, Sololá

Hi-Lo Seís: About Place

December 22, 2018December 22, 2018 First Person ForeignBeauty

It’s Christmastime in Santa Clara. That means that not much has changed from normal life. The main differences are: the church carries the Baby Jesus around in a procession to raise money, it’s sunny (the[…]

Hi-Lo 5: Pascuas

December 22, 2018December 22, 2018 First Person ForeignAbuelita

This morning I woke up, for some reason, at 8. In Guatemala there is a thing called Madrugada. It means the hour you wake up in the morning. We don’t have a word for this[…]

Hi-Lo Cuatro: Sequins & Orange Drink

November 1, 2018 First Person ForeignBeauty

I walked down to the market at 11. I had hand washed all of my clothes, my wrists hurt, and I hoped the sun would stick around long enough so I could have clean sheets[…]

Hi-Lo 2: Screaming Babies and Crying Grandmas

October 19, 2018October 19, 2018 First Person ForeignAbuelita

I ran past the place where I fell and I didn’t fall. There was no chucha to scare me off the road and onto the sidewalk which is why the whole thing happened. To be[…]

Hi-Lo 1: Of Witches and Güipiles

October 15, 2018 First Person ForeignBeauty

My sister founded an Inner-City Soccer League in 2010. Every week she would pick-up a group of young kids and bring them to a church program. My sister would ask for everyone’s Hi-Lo on the[…]

The Early, Long-Winded, Crampy, Unclear, Very Long Day

October 14, 2018October 14, 2018 First Person ForeignBeauty

At 4:26 am I got four simultaneous phone calls. It was my from my school director. The school secretary, Ana Marta, told me they would pass right by my house. So I was pendiente to[…]

The Three Big Letters: COS

October 9, 2018 First Person ForeignBeauty

A long, long time ago, the beginning of 2018 (like, February) I started to seriously consider my life after Peace Corps. Shudder. At that time I started to look into my options including graduate school[…]

Maestra de Inglés

September 15, 2018September 15, 2018 First Person ForeignBeauty

Maestra de Inglés, English teacher. I’ve always wondered if the word Maestra and Master are related. Either way, I’ve never had such a title. When I gave a diplomado in early 2018, I wanted to[…]