Puch'uuk: To Wash Clothes

"Marriage is about the most expensive way for the average man to get the laundry done." Burt Reynolds

Ch'ina Ha' (The Creek)

The blood of a village.

Where we bathe, wash, play, hunt and clean our game.

The spot for gossip, advice, and meditation.

Where bad spirits can linger, where snakes meander.

Morning meetings with the ducklings, fish, and dogs coming for fresh cool water.

Calm, clear, and blue some days...

Raging, brown, and repulsive on rainy days.

What I'll miss most,

this small spot in paradise.

The laughter will fade,

the feel of the smooth stones under my hands will slip away,

but I will always keep my creek tucked safely in my heart.

"Tao' se Ha' "

Let's go to the creek.

Days Like This: Tid Bits of Peace Corps Life

Greg and I have been messing around with all these little random video clips. They're from about 3 months and compiled from all over Belize.



My good friend Amy visited while my mummy was here. She wrote a little blog about it...check it out:
http://wonderdreambelize.blogspot.com/2010/07/come-to-silver-creek-as-soon-as.html
Also, she wrote a song:

Tyo Achink(Let's Go Bathe)
Tune: As I Went to Down to the River to Pray
By: Amy Waterman

As I went down to the river to bathe,
Thinkin' about those suds up way.
And who should get the rock I want,
Oh no, I'm not gunna drop today.

Kim ixk tyo achink, (come girl lets go bathe)
Tyo achink (lets go bathe)
Tyo achink (lets go bathe)

Kim ixk tyo achink (Come girl lets go bathe)
Down to the river to bathe.


Amy and I doing what we love...washing at the creek!