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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...

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....

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

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

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

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...