Janie Experiences a Carole King Song Firsthand
“I feel the earth move under my feet…” http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0007pnj.php Hopefully there’s no sky tumbling down.
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Mount Pacaya from Hotel Aurora Correction: Volcan de Aqua
Read more →Janie is in Antigua
We drove all day today to get to Antigua from the Valley (about 10 hours). I have wifi now although my inbox is seriously scary. Tomorrow I might go up to a volcano (mount picaya) or do a tour here. I’m going to try to go to church tomorrow night at Santo Domingo. It’s built around Mayan ruins, and promises to be …
Read more →Janie Has More Email Than You
I don’t have time to read through my massive inbox, so I’m not reading replies. We’re still working hard in the Valley. It’s not going as fast as the coordinators hoped, so we might stay here another day before going to Antigua for the weekend. It’s just so incredibly wet. I knew it was a rainforest, but goodness it …
Read more →mauter.com Protests SOPA/PIPA
Congress is about to vote on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). If passed, this bill will allow the United States government to censor the Internet. Many sites on the Internet are protesting on January 18 and we’re joining them.
Read more →Janie Took a Shower
Hey, I’m tired and have been waiting in line to use the iPad. We had a hard day today working in the rain all day. “chippy chippy” is a constant misty rain. I probably butchered the spelling, but that’s how you say it. We’re fine and I finally had a warmish shower tonight. I had the same clothes on since Saturday. …
Read more →Janie Has Reached Camp
We are here at the camp and just set up our beds. We stayed last night at a hotel in Coban and had hot showers this morning. The drive here was so bumpy. I mean bumpy. For hours. We laughed and laughed. We worked a little this morning. And after lunch we hiked up the mountain behind the bodega. There were some banana …
Read more →Janie Has Safely Landed
Janie’s flight to Guatemala City landed around 2PM central. I got a message from her a few minutes ago: This is Janie using Kris’s phone. We have arrived safely and are making our way out of the city. It’s a bumpy ride. Janie
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From 35,000 feet
Read more →Happy 4th Birthday, Chloe!
Lots of cool things happened on January 11. Here’s some. Alabama seceded from the union in 1861. Amelia Earhart flies solo from Hawaii to California in 1935. Los Angeles’ first snowfall ever recorded in 1949. Chloe Mauter born in 2008. We hope you have a great birthday and eat lots of cake. Love, Uncle Brian, Aunt …
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