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Tag: Nicaragua
Soundbytes from When Coffee Speaks
“When I was twelve my family had come here [to Cedral] to pick coffee on a man’s farm. I dreamed—we came up here to pick coffee, and I could hear the cows and the calves and everything, because there used to be more dairies. And I dreamed of one day coming back, to be able to hear the cows, to come back here to live. I wanted to live here. I prayed to God that I could live here!
Otro Año Despues
Al finales de octubre 2013 yo auto publiqué 400 copias de “When Coffee Speaks,” (“Cuando el Café Habla”) como la … More
Another Year Later
At the end of October 2013 I self published 400 copies of “When Coffee Speaks: Stories from and of Latin … More
Ink Spotlight
This internet thing is cool, but there is something about ink on paper that—for me at least—will never go out … More
The Sound of the Machete
There is a certain sound that metal-on-plant makes. As the force of a swinging machete hits tree branches, plant stalks, … More
Why Coffee?
About a month into my trip I was skyping with one of my best friends and he asked me, … More
Nica/Tica
Coffee cherries being loaded from the receiver into the beneficio truck. Costa Rica and Nicaragua: two countries with histories and … More
El Roblar Fotodiario
La segunda finca que visité en Nicaragua está ubicada en El Roblar, una comunidad casi puramente cafetalera, ubicada por las … More
Ramacafe Fotodiario
Mucha gente me ha preguntado- con razón- porque mi blog no sale en español si estoy andando por paises que … More
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