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LA CASA DE ROY AND THE ILL-FATED TURKEY, PART I

LA CASA DE ROY AND THE ILL-FATED TURKEY, PART I thanksgiving

THANKSGIVING IN ECUADOR La Casa De Roy I want to introduce you to our house in Salinas, Ecuador, as it was the final resting place for a very ill-fated turkey on my daughter Melodiaʼs first Thanksgiving. The house has many stories to tell, and this one seems timely as we approach a truly American holiday, […]

THANKS & GIVING, ZERO DEGREES LATITUDE STYLE

THANKS & GIVING, ZERO DEGREES LATITUDE STYLE

A WISH LIST FULFILLED When I lived on the Equator, I found myself on the receiving end of many surprisingly grand gestures of generosity that would rival any that I have experienced anywhere else in my travels. What made these gestures so valuable to me was that they each came from individuals, hard-working campesinos, who […]