A Closer Look: Jody Paterson

I'm a communications strategist and writer with a journalism background, a drifter's spirit, and a growing sense of alarm at where this world is going. I am happiest when writing pieces that identify, contextualize and background societal problems big and small in hopes of helping us at least slow our deepening crises.

Sunday, March 22, 2015

The Cashew Girls of Guasaule

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          I crossed back into Nicaragua from Honduras yesterday at dusty, dry Guasaule, on my way back home to Leon after a work trip.  ...
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Thursday, March 12, 2015

The woman next door

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    I’m raking leaves outside our house when she approaches me, carrying an empty garbage can that she says will make it easier to gath...
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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Reflections on the end of another adventure: There's no life like it

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The loads are heavier in countries like Nicaragua, but the backs are stronger A troubling aspect of life: You don’t know what you don...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Live and learn, as they like to say

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    I'm sure some people can share a house with people they don't know well. After four months of doing just that here in Managu...
Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Canada and Nicaragua: Different worlds, but not for sex workers

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     I’m still shaking my head after two and a half enlightening hours yesterday talking with the local sex workers’ organization here in...
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