Sean, Yto, David, Charlotte, Roderick, Daryl, Bubba, Pete, Maya, Simona and all the Darna boys are officially pirates of the Black Fig. Arrrrrr. Our boat was thrown up in a storm and landed in a Ficus tree. Roderick Romero, and the folks from Treehouse Workshop in Seattle, Bubba and Daryl, treehouse builders extraordinaire came to secure the foundations. We celebrated its completion with a slumber party and then dinner and a poker game. Treefrogs, pond toads, fishermen’s sputtering engines, 5am prayer, sunlight, the reflective quality of the bottoms of those face-sized leaves, Bubba snoring, dogs barking all contributed to a beautiful night in the treehouse.