Bah Humbug! To hell with my good intentions (and good beginnings)
International Development Work. I am, of course, in favor of this personal and professional occupation. If I weren’t, I wouldn’t have applied to be a Loewenstern Fellow. The biggest...
Nicaragua Was Anything But “cool” (or “good”): Wherein our protagonist experiences an undesirable hiccup describing her fellowship
Today, someone asked me what I did this summer. I replied, “I was in Nicaragua… for two months” They responded, “Woah! What were you doing there?” I answered, “An...
A Story Within a Narrative: An Introduction to Nicaragua’s Graphic Guide for Addressing Domestic Violence
Throughout Don Quijote, there are mini-stories. Often, the stories can be related to the main narrative of Don Quijote’s adventures in knighthood. However, there are individuals/critics that feel the...
Time-Traveling (Capítulo 4): A Tale of Two Cities, Granada
A Tale of Two Cities, León vs Granada Round 2: Granada (Weekend 5)...
Great Expectations and Great Realities: In which is related the mid-internship reflection, and other ruminations worth relating
I’ve been writing this post for two weeks now. Two weeks! I started jotting things down during our mid-term FSD retreat in Tola. I continued when I returned to...
Time-Traveling (Capítulo 3): A Tale of Two Cities, León
A Tale of Two Cities, León vs Granada Round 1: León The three wise monkeys (“see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil”) of our León hostel, Hostal...
Time-Traveling (Capítulo 2): This little Nica went to the market, this little Nica went home, and this little protagonista went to the hospital
Week 2 What did I do all week long? A bunch of pomodoros for my FSD grant proposal. Weekend 2 I was very sick all weekend, and unfortunately, that...
Time-Traveling (Capítulo 1): Of what happened with our protagonista when she disappeared for a month
Here is where I fulfill my blog tagline of “Elizabeth’s Loewenstern reflection, in words and pictures” in order to time travel from the past to the future of today....
Machismo y Salud: Where the narration of the Nica socio-health situation continues
Machismo y Salud. What an interesting topic and relation, one that I had never thought to consider before. Now that I’m here in Nicaragua, I understand the hate and...
Indio Viejo: wherein is related a Nica’s perspective on public health (and a brief aside about an orange stew)
I would just like to begin today’s post by saying I had the most delicious lunch today. It was a hearty soup/stew called “Indio Viejo.” According to my research...
Great Expectations: which treats of the time our protagonist tried to go back in time
also, “which treats of the time our protagonist felt like a white rabbit in Wonderland” I so wish I hadn’t waited until four days of being in-country to...