August 2023

Did somebody say handwoven baskets? And other assorted photos from Antigua Guatemala this past July.

Tim, Olivia and I celebrated my recent birthday with dinner at Kokkari, a Greek restaurant in San Francisco’s financial district. (Mateo was out of town.) Delish!

How do I feel now that I’ve reached the Age of Medicare? Deeply grateful to have made it this far, with an increasing urgency to make every day count. Sending hugs!

For anyone who follows Guatemalan politics, Sunday’s presidential run-off between Bernardo Arévalo–the intellectual son of a revered former president who is called “the most progressive candidate to get this far since 1985”–and Sandra Torres–former first lady who is considered a standard-bearer for conservative business-as-usual–promises to be riveting.

You can catch up quickly on the race by reading this NY Times article: “In ‘Land of Sharks,’ Anticorruption Crusader is on Cusp of Presidency.“

NB: “Land of Sharks” is the descriptor given to Guatemala by Luis von Ahn, the Guatemalan founder of the language-learning app Duolingo. Von Ahn is one Arévalo’s major supporters, philosophically and financially.

I also love the Times’s subhead: “Can an intellectual on an anti-graft crusade win the presidency in a nation sliding toward authoritarianism? Guatemala is about to find out.”

Guatemala’s Anti Corruption Crusader is on Cusp of Presidency – The New York Times (nytimes.com)

A few final photos from Sololá Guatemala. A women’s cooperative where artisans make beautiful ponchos and scarves. (I may have bought a few.) The municipal market. More handsome morrals. And Lake Atitlan, always.