Two Years and 100 Nuggets: Nica Nugget #100

Today is my two-year anniversary of writing Nica Nuggets! And today I am writing Nica Nugget number 100! That’s 50 per year. Had I written four more, I would have averaged one per week over the past two years. As it is, I’ve found that I’m not that regular. There are times when I’m truly inspired, like during rainy season when the beauty here is overwhelming. The dry season, I’ve found, tends to dry my creative juices up too. My subject matter has also fluctuated. Now, during the pandemic, I’m restricting my contact with people, so I’m not meeting new …

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Art on the Beach: Nica Nugget #99

Have you seen these yet while walking on the beach along the bay of San Juan del Sur? I’m not going to tell you where they are, so that you can go looking and can have the joy of finding them yourself. Enjoy! And while you’re at it…see how many different species of birds you spot along the way. It’s time to look closer and deeper at this gorgeous world around us. San Juan del Sur, I love you.

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A Kaleidoscope of Butterflies: Nica Nugget #98

Yes that’s it’s official name: A kaleidoscope.Also: A swarm. A rabble. A flutter. For the past two weeks John and I have been walking into clouds of butterflies, all but hidden in the duff of the dirt or cobbled roads, only to be set aloft with our passage. They dance amongst the flowers. Some even clatter, as if with castanets, as they flutter in pairs past me in my hammock. John jokes that we should take some psychedelic drugs and just sit for hours and observe them. I laugh back that no external drugs are needed. They are their own …

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