Progress is Practice

Feb 22, 2015 | Musings

I have been writing a bit. I set a goal of 1,000 words a day on my computer. That was 150 days ago: September 23, 2014. I didn’t hit the goal every day, its undulated considerably. Setting the goal and telling people about it put a flag in the ground. It gave me...

Hope for One More Block

Feb 10, 2015 | Musings

We met him the night before in the dorms. He was a tall fellow from California, a young one. He’s traveling through Nicaragua for ten days solo because one of his best friends from home is Nicaraguan. Mr. Californian hadn’t tried gallo pinto yet, so we went on a...

Evolution of Tourism: Riviera Maya

Feb 2, 2015 | Learning, Musings

The Caribbean coast was mostly uninhabited before tourism arrived in Cancun 20-some years ago. Taking it from the top, there’s Cancun. It started out as a super exclusive place for select wealthy nationals and expats. People started investing in the area, developing...

I choose me.

Jan 25, 2015 | Musings

Your Turn Challenge Day 7: What are you taking with you from this Challenge? I did it. I wasn’t sure if it would be possible. Its day seven, the final post of the Your Turn Challenge. It wasn’t as hard as I thought it was going to be. One small step at a time. Once I...

Surprise

Jan 24, 2015 | Musings

Your Turn Challenge Day 6: Tell us about a time when you surprised yourself I surprise myself every moment I am present. When my lungs breathe oxygen into my bloodstream. When one of the trillions of cells in my body dies. When one of the trillions of cells in my body...