it arrived with a bang and a bucketfull of water last week. with a roar and a hiss. it started with the rain- the rain, that special super penetrating rain that will even soak things claiming to be waterproof. and then we had a frost.
of course, i can't really complain, but i will.
so it's only been here a week, winter, and, well i'm over it! i'm over my lounge looking like a laundry as i' try to get clothes dried inside. i'm over the humidity. and being indoors all day - over that as well!
but, even still. i have it lucky.
my girlfriend sent me an email linking me to photos of a little town in guatemala. a town called solola, where, 5 years ago, her and i were trapped between landslides; with sporadic electricity and barely enough wine and cigarettes to see us through the emergency that was really happening outside our door. quick lessons in spanish taught us lluvia and derumba. while other lessons taught us that cigarettes and wine weren't all that was needed to survive...
but this time solola wasn't so lucky. judging from the pictures, most of the town has succumbed to the pull of sliding mud.
once again, from the comfort of my warm house, with electricity and heating i can thank my lucky stars.
xx
mama b
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