As most of you know I attended The Convent of the Visitation for junior high and senior high school. Visitation is a French order of cloistered nuns. In 1966, my parents and I sat in a room facing a wooden grate that separated us from Sister Mary Helen on the other side. I was being […]
Wow, I have been in Ecuador for almost three months. I have been retired for almost 7 months. In many ways I feel like it is all just beginning. We are at a beautiful lodge in Vilcabamba, Ecuador taking a vacation from our vacation. I have gone to Yoga 3 days in a row, which […]
Have you ever arrived at an urgent care and been told you have an appendicitis, need surgery, but the hospital has a power outage and won’t accept you? It was a good thing our new friend Mitt decided to ask the nurse what she would do if it was her mother. She gave us the […]
My big toe hurts! Whenever I was sick or expressed discomfort my father used to tease me by asking about my big toe. It was funny at times, but also annoying. We have been one week in Cuenca. Lots of new stuff running around in my head. I am not looking for sympathy, but I […]
” More reliably than anything else on earth, the road will force to live in the present.” Over my cold! Started Spanish class today. It was fun! My French accent gets in the way some, but overall I wasn’t as bad as I thought I’d be. My main concern is actually speaking. My understanding is […]
Carole King and Cat Stevens are singing to me and Steve is tolerating it pretty well. We have made it to the ocean! I keep getting asked what it is like to be on the road together so much,what do we do? How are we getting along? Well, we read a lot, listen to books […]
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