I’m writing to you from Antigua, Guatemala where I, with the help of a local orphanage, am working on a new art piece. It is a 10 by 20 foot stainless steel frame with about 20,000 florescent plexiglass pieces in the background, and on it is a relief of the Quetzal bird, the national bird of Guatemala. When finished, it will be auctioned off to benefit the orphanage in the town of San Miguel Duenas, near Antigua.

What a surprise when I spotted a fellow I know from Port O’Connor – Teddy Hawes! We met up for coffee and Teddy told me about his love for Guatemala. With the help of some Port O’Connor friends, he is helping a local institution, Hermano Padro. One of his projects is to promote Guatemalan Coffee for the benefit of Hermano Pedro.

This coffee is for sale in his Port O’Connor store, POC Hardware & Supply. One should try it and have a chat with Teddy when you can.

Dieter Erhard
Art Center Seadrift

Teddy Hawes