by James Spencer
As a writer and journalist I have been told many stories about Nicaragua. I am sure that at least one of them must be true. This is the sad story of mass delusion, not to mention quite a few serious headaches.
Jose Gomez was a young brick-builder. He lived with his wife Anna and eight children in a small shack on the edge of Santa Maria. Jose’s basic tools were a small trowel and a medium sized ball pein hammer. The hammer features prominently in this story, so let me relate how Jose came into possession of this wonderful Sears Craftsman tool. One day as the evening sun was setting low in the sky, Jose left work and was cycling home. Suddenly he glimpsed something bright glinting in the grass at the side of the road. He stopped and there amidst the grass was a beautiful, bright -straight from the factory- Sears Craftsman hammer. Jose couldn’t believe his luck. It was like a gift from heaven.
