We’ve been in El Sauce, Nicaragua on vacation and doing volunteer work. We gave the classic Buenas Noches, Luna by Margaret Wise Brown to a couple of children in El Sauce. Reading it was a nightly ritual with my oldest son many years ago. This wonderful book still has universal appeal.
Morning in El SauceNica volcanoWe saw this passage by Nicaraguan poet Ruben Dario in a Leon cafe.Goodnight, moon (over the Pacific)
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