I feel exhausted. And free. yeah......worn, tired, beat-up. but relaxed and peaceful. it's been a long time since i sat and wrote for myself. thought about things. we've been nuts, insane, locked up. It's been well over a month since we stepped foot on the finca. shit. and it feels like it. a very long month. city static. tied to the wireless lifeline. But we've been creative.......and creating.
Alberto came. got us out. opened the window to other Guatemalas. to Garifuna town. drunken aguardiente local haunts. the crisp paradise pools of Semuc Champey. Chichi market colors shopping spree. and on the finca.....with our blood flowing, pumping, ideas entering, a film began to fly. and we are walking toward it at the slow steady pace of people who are serious about trying something new. you can taste the idea on our website: www.pocoapocofilm.com
Nine breaths later my dad came. adventurous soul. next step wonderland. senses inhaling the world quite different from home. braving the chicken buses, street food and loco makets. cruising the ancient pathways of Tikal whispering stories in our ears, gazing upon past magic. to the finca...... eager to see the community where we have settled in, to eat, to work, to learn, to support. and i think it moved him too. and on the finca.......with our blood flowing, pumping.......more ideas entering and the health project began to fly. filling a hole. connecting those with resources to those without. something that will live long after we leave. and like the film we are walking toward it slowly.
the icing. and lovely sister Sara designed a fresh flyer for La Florida's ecotourism project so we have been painting the landscape. and our peaceful retreat will maybe become a popular destination. great for the community.......bad for us.
full.......very full. and all this thinking and creating and talking and moving has beat me up. it feels good in a way but i am relieved that it's done........for now. and tomorrow i will be peacefully eating hand-made tortillas on a dirt floor. ................back on the finca
--Mary
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