A Tale of Four Shirts

A Tale of Four Shirts

Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 16. Part I. Have you ever shopped for four look-alike dress shirts in four different sizes, the smallest being 12-18 month size?  Oh, I must add that they must be on reduced pricing ’cause who wants to pay full price on...

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...

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...
Sand Crab

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

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, ...