http://brendan11.wordpress.com Blogging on being a Kiva fellow, and living on the U.S.-Mexico border Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:16:17 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/cee3e897d6c7f0179955f3daaba542e4?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://brendan11.wordpress.com http://brendan11.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/progressive-housing-101-or-an-intro-to-why-housing-microfinance-matters/ http://brendan11.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/progressive-housing-101-or-an-intro-to-why-housing-microfinance-matters/#comments Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:14:11 +0000 brendan11 http://brendan11.wordpress.com/?p=66 ]]> http://brendan11.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/progressive-housing-101-or-an-intro-to-why-housing-microfinance-matters/feed/ 1 Brendan Behind every incrementally-built house there's a unique story. Out front there is usually a dog. house of block This family bought a "piece of the desert" about 15 years ago, built a small house out of wood and gradually expanded it into a 2 bedroom concrete block with their own savings and the help of three housing loans from FVP (the last loan was Kiva capital) http://brendan11.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/three-border-crossings/ http://brendan11.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/three-border-crossings/#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:47:10 +0000 brendan11 http://brendan11.wordpress.com/?p=51 ]]> http://brendan11.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/three-border-crossings/feed/ 2 Brendan If I took a photo of the border crossing I might be blogging from jail, so instead this is an excuse to include a photo of my longtime friend Ed and his novia, Renee. It qualifies for this blog because they crossed the border to visit me on their way from Louisiana to California. Thorny issues Northbound train http://brendan11.wordpress.com/2008/08/04/cactus-tuna-shrimp-and-the-pleasures-of-bottle-fishing/ http://brendan11.wordpress.com/2008/08/04/cactus-tuna-shrimp-and-the-pleasures-of-bottle-fishing/#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:31:28 +0000 brendan11 http://brendan11.wordpress.com/?p=40 ]]> http://brendan11.wordpress.com/2008/08/04/cactus-tuna-shrimp-and-the-pleasures-of-bottle-fishing/feed/ 0 Brendan Shrimp traps on the Laguna Madre The Young Man and the Sea Hector with prehistoric manta ray http://brendan11.wordpress.com/2008/08/01/how-common-humanity-baked-goods-and-george-bush-saved-my-butt/ http://brendan11.wordpress.com/2008/08/01/how-common-humanity-baked-goods-and-george-bush-saved-my-butt/#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:56:26 +0000 brendan11 http://brendan11.wordpress.com/?p=31 ]]> http://brendan11.wordpress.com/2008/08/01/how-common-humanity-baked-goods-and-george-bush-saved-my-butt/feed/ 1 Brendan Road trip! Police mug shot of avocado. You eat it with the skin on - nam nam! http://brendan11.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/one-step-at-a-time/ http://brendan11.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/one-step-at-a-time/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:03:22 +0000 brendan11 http://brendan11.wordpress.com/?p=16 ]]> http://brendan11.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/one-step-at-a-time/feed/ 2 Brendan My new mummy hand holding a tuna, fruit of the nopal cactus http://brendan11.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/fvp-in-nuevo-laredo-building-confianza/ http://brendan11.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/fvp-in-nuevo-laredo-building-confianza/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:13:25 +0000 brendan11 http://brendan11.wordpress.com/?p=13 ]]> http://brendan11.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/fvp-in-nuevo-laredo-building-confianza/feed/ 0 Brendan http://brendan11.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/borderlands/ http://brendan11.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/borderlands/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:03:43 +0000 brendan11 http://brendan11.wordpress.com/?p=8 ]]> http://brendan11.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/borderlands/feed/ 0 Brendan Rio Grande/Rio Bravo looking over toward Texas