Blogging at the dining room table while waiting for computer desk to arrive.

Bienvenido a Colombia

✍️ Welcome. From the ashes of Resistance Is Fruitful rises something quieter and more personal. Dispatches from Colombia and beyond. Stories worth holding. 🇺🇸 English (U.S.) After too many years, this story begins at a dining table in a new apartment in Bucaramanga, Colombia. The balcony will make an appearance once things settle a bit more….

Two Colombias

Fragmented Identities in a Nation at War — Identidades fragmentadas en una nación en guerra

This is a story shaped by two complex dynamics: the fragmented reality of Colombia after decades of armed conflict — and the unconventional way this piece came to life. This bilingual essay is the result of a collaborative process between a human author and an AI writing assistant. It likely wouldn’t exist without either…

Sitting in the water of Rio Pance with a Colombian boy on my lap.

Still Seen: Age, Connection, Openness in Colombia

After some time living in Colombia, there’s something I keep noticing. It’s not loud or obvious. It’s in the pauses between conversations, the ease of a handshake that lingers a second longer, the casual way a young guy might lean in when talking to someone twice his age. Younger men here don’t seem to carry…