Travel & self discovery. Art & PTSD I’m finding home

I think there is always a time when doing a project such as this when someone like me does not know which way to turn. I really do not know how to believe in myself as my life has taught Read more

January 31, 2019 The last day of the month, and I had a rather interesting dream during the night. It woke me up I think because of who came to me in my dream, someone very unexpected. Unfortunately I cannot Read more

  1.   Looks innocent enough I know.    2. This is the view of the mountains on the other side of the river. Take note of how high they look from this point of view….. cause later, not so Read more

I guess if you are going to take the sock, you may as well take the shoe too – right??? Video capturing the sock thief will be posted on facebook later.    He didn’t realize I was on to him…… Read more

It is a week ago that we almost lost Miss Mali. I believe it was a very close call, one that was difficult to experience. Even today, a week later it is hard for me not to be affected by Read more

The day we arrived…..     Kind of looks like something out of a travel brochure……    The view of our rooms (I’m on the left, Patrick to the right) looking back from the river.    Mali (in the red Read more

Christmas is not really a big deal here in Ecuador, at least among the indigenous. There are many christians here because of the Spanish, so it follows that there will be celebration for the birth of Christ as well. But Read more

****Today marks my three month term here in Ecuador, so hard to believe so much time has passed me by. Because the time has passed so quickly, we almost forgot about the visa extension which is a requirement here. We Read more

It has been awhile since I have made an entry for the blog, it seems one thing and another always stopping me from getting to it. We have begun a new year and already we have had quite an adventure, Read more