Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge
Trueda and I visited the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge today. It is so much different than the last time we …
Author Archives: Michael
Morning Breeze
The morning breeze wanders in through an open window, and moves softly across the room. It brings a small chill …
Guayaquil
I am watching families and young couples strolling along the Malecón, which is a long, narrow park that runs alongside …
New Year’s Day 2015
Here is something to think on as 2015 gets under way: Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we …
New Year’s Eve 2014
Ecuadorians have a different take on New Year’s Eve than we do in the States. The practice of burning effigies …
Christmas 2014
It is the day after Christmas. Rebecca, Alex and Eli left this morning to go back to Vancouver and a Boxing Day …
GC1GT8T
This is a geocache. Geocache GC1GT8T, to be precise. The official Geocaching web site at (www.geocaching.com) describes geocaching as “the …
Holy Night
Today I happened to hear Josh Groban’s rendering of “O Holy Night”. He knows how to sing that song. The …
Two Phone Conversations
The First Conversation The phone rang once, twice, three times. A woman answered, her voice too faint for me to make …
Pre-Trip Vaccinations
A pharmacist hurt me the other day. She seemed like a nice enough person, and was very professional about it. …
Journeys with Michael and Trueda 