Archive for August, 2006
Margarita, está linda la mar…
We were told we should save some time on Friday afternoon for an event in the library – some sort of sendoff. We had no idea what to expect, but at 2:00 the three of us showed up and were directed to chairs in the main activity area. The power had been out all day [...]
SJDS in a past life
One of the few historical images we were able to locate of San Juan del Sur. This was one of two framed images that Jane had in her hotel. Provenance and date are unknown.
History and collective memory in San Juan del Sur
History lies buried just beneath the surface in San Juan del Sur. While new houses and condos for wealthy expatriates spring up on its borders, the town itself bears the scars of Nicaragua’s troubled history.
The nearly two decades of fighting – first to overthrow the Somoza dictatorship in the 1970s and then between Daniel Ortega’s [...]
Of bikes and mud
On Thursday, Victoria and I took a day off and decided to rent bikes and head for a beach about 12 kilometers north of town. We got our bikes from a shop located deep within a courtyard of a house in town. The helpful man with one arm who rented them to us [...]
New Biblioteca Movil Patrons
New Biblioteca Movil Patrons
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New patrons of the San Juan del Sur Biblioteca Movil show off their selections on Tuesday, August 22, 2006.
Three little pigs visit the Movil
Three little pigs visit the Movil
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The three little pigs made a cameo appearance during a visit by the San Juan del Sur Biblioteca Movil to a school in the countryside near Rivas, Nicaragua on Tuesday, August 22, 2006.
New library cards
New library cards
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Students apply for new library cards during the first visit of the San Juan del Sur Biblioteca to a tiny school between San Juan and Rivas, Nicaragua.
Dave’s hand on the Movil
Dave’s hand on the Movil
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Dave sports a “READ” tatoo from the American Library Association while working on the Biblioteca Movil project in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua.
Another Tuesday with the Movil
The camionetas (pickup trucks) arrived outside the library around 8 AM, and in short order, volunteers and library staff loaded it to the gills with Rubbermaid bins of books and other mobile library necessities.
Once again we were heading out to the campo with the Movil project, bringing books to students at the tiny one- and [...]
