I have the blessing of living in an extremely beautiful
place – surrounded by mountains, valleys, trees, coffee fields, and more.
This time of year there are also many flowering trees that
bring color in the midst of the brown dust and dry fields.
I have also been able to plant flowers on the south side of
the house and they are blooming.
I also have experienced between dawns and sunsets – and
other gorgeous views that open my heart in gratitude to God for the beauty of
creation.
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| Dawn |
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| Sunset |
I also have experienced the cicadas whose cacaphony is nearly deafening.
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| chiquirín |
But there are times when I fear for what we humans do.
A few night’s ago I noticed a fire on a nearby hill which
spread. Someone was burning the hillside.
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| at night |
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| the next morning |
There are a good number of fields that are being burnt. One
of the largest and most devastating is on the road between the main highway and
Dulce Nombre. The owners have burned acres of land and cut down trees – to plant
coffee.
In the midst of this, we are experiencing hot and dry days. Here
in Plan Grande we have water once or twice a day, partly because of some road
construction that has affected the pipes but also because the source is not as
abundant as normal.
In some parts of the country the situation is more serious
and people have little or no food because of the drought.
The hand of “man” [sic] is wreaking havoc.
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