Living and Retiring in Ecuador

Make your own photo slideshow at Animoto. Today was the perfect "four seasons in one day" in Cuenca, complete with bean...

I've been on a sabbatical from writing and it was time well spent. Dad Pombo passed away on Sunday, February 12th -- just hours bef...

Mark left for San Francisco this week to be with his Dad. The decision has been made to bring him home with hospice. The doctors say it ...

Many of you have been through this, so you can relate to care giving from a distance . Mark's dad fractured his hip, had two hea...

Today I had an overwhelming urge for Italy! Blame it on Wikipedia being on strike, writer's block or just reminiscing, but I pulle...

This weekend we met a delightful Ecuadorian couple who just returned to Cuenca after five years of being in the States. They said, "W...

Yesterday, Mocha and I took our weekly walk to El Centro and stopped at " El Cafetal de Loja " so I could rest and Mocha could sni...