Storing Eggs
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 15. I was e-thumbing through an e-copy of It was published in 1913. And in that book, I read the following . . . And as I read, I wondered and asked questions. 1. How many eggs would I need to buy in the summer to last through the...
I Failed, Or Did I?
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 14. I failed I didn't reach my goal But Failure is okay Because It means I tried And Trying is what Really counts I was in Miami --en route home after two weeks in Ecuador, waiting to board a flight-- when I saw the link on TWT. The...
Be Thankful
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 13. From personal travel journal It's 5 AM and I've said Good Morning and Thank You to no less than a dozen people between my hotel room and my departure gate at the airport -- all people who in some way served me. Never before have...
Gained Three, Lost One
Celebrate this Week : March 12, 2017. Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 12. Today I celebrate a SAFE JOURNEY. Today I celebrate HOME, SWEET HOME. Today I celebrate having TIME. Yesterday, I wrote my slice (Journey Home) while on a long Miami layover, when we were...
Journey Home
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 11. Long day Short post Farewell, beautiful Ecuador On Friday... Drove the coastal roads from Portoviejo, city of our visit to Guayaquil, city of our departure One of the views along the way Fishing boats dot the waters On...
Putting Pen to Paper
Poetry Friday : March 10, 2017. Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 10. I read the words of Mary Gordon, shared by Maria Popova. So many phrases resonated with me. They danced on the page and played like music in my mind. I wanted to capture them; I wanted to remember...
Portoviejo
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 9. For about 30 minutes, we drove through the streets of the former downtown of Portoviejo. It should have been the busiest part of the day. However, the streets were nearly vacant, like a ghost town, block after block after block. A...
Sand Crab
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 8. On the beach . . . This little red sand crab was not disturbed by the roar or crashing of waves on the sand. He was not bothered by rain drops from the black stormy clouds above. He did not care that a school of porpoises were...
La Molienda
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 7. Sunday Dinner La Molienda (The Grinder) Portoviejo, Ecuador "Chicken Dinner" seco de gallina criolla ecuatoriano (free range chicken) with rice and ensalada rusa (potatoes, carrots, peas, apples, celery, onion, mayonnaise) "Fish...
The Earth Moved
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 6. As I turned to take a step away from the counter, I felt as if my foot and the floor were not connecting. No, it was more like they could not connect. It was only for a second, but it was a strange and noticeable sensation. At...
Running Water
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 5. As I type, I can see the slow spinning motion of the ceiling fan blades in their reflection caught by the rim of my glasses. The motion matches the fan's hum and the caressing breeze it sends downward to cool me. Unfamiliar bird...
greenfrost
Celebrate this Week : March 4, 2017. Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 4. I'm in Ecuador, celebrating power that turns fan blades and greenfrost. My son said he had a short list of things that would help us experience true Ecuadorian living while we are visiting. One...
The Sea Is Calling Me
Poetry Friday : March 3, 2017. Slice of Life March Challenge. No.3. On Day 3 in Ecuador, we are all hoping for a trip to the beach -- the beach where my grandkids found a sea turtle their last time there. So if the weather permits -- no thunderstorms, no rain -- I may...
A Passing Moment
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 2. Day Two in Ecuador. The highway is two-way, from Guayaquil to Portoviejo, about a 3.5-hour drive. Traffic is heavy--trucks, buses, slow-moving vehicles, and cars like us. Small towns dot the way, with speed bumps to slow vehicles...
South of the Equator
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 1. Yesterday-- that would be February 28th-- my alarm ended my slumber while night still covered my city which is located north of the 45th I tumbled from my bed-- my bags almost ready-- mentally checking my list to the last item --...
Abundance
Celebrate this Week : February 25, 2017. “You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life. And you will have set in motion an ancient spiritual law: the more you have and...
Transformed Discovery
At this point I wasn’t sure what I wanted, but I was figuring out what I didn’t want. So I continued putting words together to form phrases all the time looking for a connection between the phrases.
All Done Talking
Tuesday Slice of Life : February 21, 2017. My morning began with thoughts that turned into a poem. When from slumber I awaken, I will embrace the newness of this day. I will ponder issues of life before a fog of routines blurs my thinking. I will listen to my heart...
A Habit, Writing, Technology, and Winning
Celebrate This Week : February 18, 2017. I celebrate changing a habit and feeling luxurious: The Coffee Carafe. We do so many things by habit and don't even realize it. My coffee makers have always had a glass carafe with a warmer plate. So always, forever, as long as...
Empty Echoes
Poetry Friday : February 17, 2017. With the flourish of a pen, they rewrite the narrative, leaving us an empty echo, an artifact of memory, more porcelain than human, forever a plug in the cylinder of truth — those pseudo skeptics. © 2017 Alice Nine Question: Who are...
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