counterclockwise

I’m in Horqueta, shopping, checking e-mail, and surveying the damage a bit. A major hailstorm passed through here, with chunks in the citrus-fruit size range. My friend Rachel has a repair crew on her roof this morning, putting fresh tin over the perforated pieces, and she’s not the only one.

Tacuatí escaped completely unscathed, just a little damper than usual for this time of year. Last year at this time, we were in the middle of a long drought, punctuated by major brushfires. This year, our fortunes appear to have reversed. I, for one, am entirely pleased with the change.

The Guaraní word of the day is amanday, or hail. There is a Guaraní neologism for ice (”frozen water”), but hail is the only form of the cold stuff a pre-twentieth century Paraguayan would ever see.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 at 9:47 am and is filed under Guaraní, Pictures, General. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.