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Almost a complete set

After climbing in Salamanca, Guanajuato yesterday, I think that I’m just missing one of the “local” crags – those within say an hour to an hour and a half away – before I have the complete set. The missing locale is an old crater and supposed to be nice, but we’ll have to see how […]

Mid-week Mid-Service moment of zen

As long as I can keep running and doing a bit of multi-tasking then I expect to make it through the week just fine. It will take some reflection to write something longer, but there is plenty of reflection going on this week during mid-service training. It is a different perspective entering the second year, […]

Wish they all could be California birds

After travelling all night and trying to jump back into work yesterday, I might still be a touch grumpy, which is the usual state upon return to Mexico after visiting M. in California. We had a few great days together with a lot of birdwatching around Lake Tahoe and in the Bay area. This time, […]

Big sized fun

Or, fun with a macro lens in California, part one. It takes so long to edit pictures. All I have done right now is like a tenth of the bird pics and this one. So, this one will have to do as a placeholder while I keep editing.

Not quite a project…

…but quite the eco-condo. The three of us from the solar oven project had the opportunity to go and look at an eco-condo and organic chicken farm that have been built near town. We met the designer, builder, entrepreneur-owner at the solar cooking festival. He has done some amazing work on his plot of land […]

Happy Mother’s Day

We don’t look that much alike, or I still just don’t see it. ;) Awesome photo credit to Steve L. Find him here.

Project Quickie

A.k.a. one day work day at a local children’s home. A group of us tried to make the yard a bit less rocky for the kids to play in, and we much more successfully repainted almost the entire playground. Some other stuff as well, but too tired to go into it now. More later.

Local Crag Thursday

In which Sarah and I take a late-afternoon jaunt out the crag for some training on real rock. Also, the gym was closed.

After the Big Check… the Weighty Certificate

I like coming up with witty titles too much to not in this case, but actually it was quite an honor to attend and receive a plaque in recognition of the work we having been doing with the solar ovens during the solar oven festival today. The real shame was that Sarah couldn’t be there […]

A new day

From Isla Isabel, Nayarit. I finally got around to assembling the time-lapse video. It’s been a pretty quiet week otherwise. Busy, but quiet. [vimeo http://vimeo.com/41466873 w=500&h=400] Apparently I bumped the camera a couple of times. Still, for a first attempt at time-lapse video and manually timing each shot, I’m happy.  

Goal 4

To be present and assist where ever there is dessert to be found.