Project and life

There is not a lot of exciting news in my life. I’ve settled into a routine here. Get up. Eat breakfast with the family (usually a Colada—fruit or grain soupy thing—of some kind, some sort of bread and eggs). Go to work at either the vivero or Runa Tupari. Come home. Meet up with friends in Otavalo or Cotacachi to use the internet and eat delicious banana splits at Rincon del Sol. Journal. Read. Help with dinner. Eat dinner. Edit some photos. Read some more. Go to bed. Repeat.

I have a project to work on for my monografía. I’m going to do some research on communal agriculture in a community where they are working on developing an agrotourism project. It will be a lot of work to get all the details they need but it will actually be useful and should be pretty interesting. I will be working with a young woman named Marta from another community who is an agronomist which will make it more fun.

Life is good. The last few days I’ve been missing Grinnell people. Trying to figure out classes does not make me all that eager to go back though.

Love to all.