Went on a beautiful all day road trip yesterday with friends: Michelle, Jesus, and Leticia, and visited towns I've always wanted to explore: Ocumicho (naughty clay devils), Patamban (exquisite pineapple-shaped pottery), Cucucho (giant handbuilt pots), and Paracho (guitars, guitars, guitars). On the way, we traveled thru Once Pueblos and saw lots of pyramidal ornos for baking brick, and piles of spiky red lychee nuts for sale in vendors' roadside wheelbarrows. The scenery was fantastic with volcanoes all around. Our first stop was in San José de Gracias, where a kind family invited us in and shared their process for making pottery. They also let me peek into their colorful kitchen…one of my recent obsessions. Love the kitchens down here. Even simple, dirt floor cocinas are super clean and efficient with all the cookware artfully arranged.
