Update 3

Dear friends,   I’m on my last full day in Cuba.  The last six weeks have ebbed by and I have spent the last few days doing a little gifting to my friends and family here, making pies, and enjoying good company.  Last night I watched the sunset from the roof of my cousins building near La Plaza de la Revolucion, with homemade rum in hand and a pile of fresh fruit aside, all provided by their abuelo Eduardo (who is quite purely Cuban with cigar in-hand, his own little rooftop farm and brewery, and of course a history of cutting sugarcane practically alongside Ché).

I am both sad to leave and excited to return to the US of A.  The most difficult part of the journey home is leaving behind family and knowing that visits are excruciatingly hard for financial and political reasons.   And so, I hope you are staying well and warm.  I will do my best to bring a little sun home. besos.