Of course it’s sunny out today. After three weeks of rain upon fog upon smog here in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, we our first day of true blue skies, and I can’t go enjoy it for the same reason I can’t enjoy the frijoles and platanos I can smell in the kitchen. Today…

Mount Tajumulco, Guatemala. tonight i gather with my tribe to welcome a new year with life & laughter & the biggest bottle of cheap wine we could find in Guatemala. we are not at shul in Crown Heights or Skokie. we are at socialist, Spanish-language school in the reddest heart of this highland…