It took me quite some time to finish my t-shirt design for my “Revolution of Love”, but at last I did complete it. I was taken out of my groove by one of the young girls here who asked me to draw a picture for her. I agreed before realizing Read more
Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into it’s secrets, for it, and knowledge can raise men to the Divine Ludwig Van Beethoven
Well, here we are heading to the big meeting in Pucara……..in the back of a pick-up truck, if you can believe it. I truly never thought you’d get me to go up the mountain in the back of a pick-up, not in a million years. So there you go – Read more
On the evening of my one year anniversary we received rain, glorious rain. There has been no rain all summer, at least in my small world, and very little elsewhere. The scent of beauty surrounded me this morning as I went outside to breathe it all in – absolutely wonderful!!! Read more
Yesterday I spent the day in Cotacachi with my friend Charles, who was helping me with translation in a meeting I had been trying to secure since March. It is too soon to talk about what happened, or even why the meeting took place and with whom, but it was Read more
Written Friday the 13th; The soothing sounds of “Secret Garden”. It seemed to be a good day for music because it has been quite stressful today. Chiripa got hit by a truck today and because I did not see it happen, the seriousness of her injuries is unknown to me. Read more
I do not expect anyone to understand what it was like to grow up as I did. The simple things most take for granted gone. Common practices of a normal family becoming so foreign, the feelings associated with them not to be remembered. Love, family, protection, the security of a Read more
This post is just going to have to be music because I don’t want to add anything to it. I found this group when looking for another song and have been listening to them all day. Completely original, the vocals so full of passion, combined with the beautiful symphony was Read more
Have you ever been walking down the street and heard a whistle carry over to your ears from a short distance? In my life when that has happened, I won’t look, not because I am offended, but because I could not deal with the embarrassment if I was mistaken and Read more
What I love about the lyrics for this song, is he is giving thanks for good and bad events in his life. I know for myself the elation of a breakthrough comes easy, it just wells up inside you like a fountain. The day is brighter, laughter comes easier and Read more