Two Phone Conversations
The First Conversation The phone rang once, twice, three times. A woman answered, her voice too faint for me to make …
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Pre-Trip Vaccinations
A pharmacist hurt me the other day. She seemed like a nice enough person, and was very professional about it. …
Pantsers and Plotters
I am about half way through my novel-in-progress, The Eye of Krasis, and have gotten bogged down in the dreaded …
The Balance Scale
Trueda and I spent the day with our daughter Rebecca, our son-in-law Alex, and our grandson Eli. Eli is delightfully …
Nomads
Trueda and I have been thinking a lot lately about where we want to live when we are no longer …
A Time To Die
The clock on my nightstand claims it is 3:27 a.m. The last time I looked, it was 3:22. Before that it …
On Being a Change Agent
Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī — a 13th century Sufi mystic, religious scholar, and poet — once said: Yesterday I was …
Chimborazo
This is Chimborazo (Cheem boh RA so), the highest peak in Ecuador at 20,702 feet (6,310 meters). It is located …
Carpe Diem
Five thirty on a Thursday morning. Yesterday is already fast receding into the fog of imperfect memory, its choices and …
Why Ecuador?
Trueda and I will be in Cuenca, Ecuador for ten days in January. It’s a boots-on-the-ground scouting trip to decide whether …
Journeys with Michael and Trueda 