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Cuenca Calling

Yesterday we toured Cuenca, a city of about 400,000 and lots of Colonial architecture, in a yellow double-decker bus. Mountains rise on all sides, and red tile roofs paint a pretty picture as you look out over the city. Our … Continue reading

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Galapagos Bound

We leave in a couple of hours for the Quito airport for a flight to Guayaquil where the plane will be refueled for the 500-mile trip to the Galapagos Islands. I will probably not be posting here until we return to … Continue reading

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Good Morning, Miami!

The passengers on American flight 2454 are waking up quietly to light bouncing off clouds into the cabin. We land soon, so I doubt there will be time for the flight attendants to bring coffee. Some people sleep with their … Continue reading

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My Grandson is Terrifically Two

Jake loves trucks, so Sandy, his father’s mother, baked a delicious chocolate cake with a road and trucks on it. In this photo, he can’t wait to get his hands on it. Hold on, Mike! Send to KindleTweet

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Hello Facebook

In an attempt to streamline my media creation on the trip to Ecuador, I have set up an If This Then That recipe that, if I’ve done it correctly, will automatically share a link to new blog posts on Facebook. … Continue reading

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Practice Post

For our upcoming trip to the Galapagos Islands and Ecuador, I will be blogging on my iPhone 6 Plus and Amazon tablets–no laptop, no ipad. I may also bring one or two of the new $50 Fire tablets, because why … Continue reading

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Prepping for a Big Trip

I am using an IOS app named Duolingo to learn Spanish, in preparation for our trip to the Galapagos Islands and Ecuador later this year. I try to spend 20 minutes a day moving through the enjoyable learning tools the … Continue reading

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The Big Question Coming Up at New Media Expo 2015 in Las Vegas (NMX15)

  Podcasting is going to be Big. Right? Right. That’s what we podcasters have been telling ourselves ever since I learned what a podcast is nearly a decade ago. At Blogs ‘N’ Dogs, a whacky and wonderful conference in Banff … Continue reading

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Meta Meerkat Musings

  The thing about Meerkat, I realized yesterday, is the power of a new point of view.  I received a notification that Gary Vay-Ner-Chuk was going live on Meerkat, so I tuned in, even though I haven’t followed his videos … Continue reading

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Rx for Internet Addiction? My Progress Report at Six Months…

I’ve known for years that I have a problem with the Internet. Until my most recent effort to do something about it, I obsessively checked for whatever might be new online throughout my waking hours. Every 15 minutes or so … Continue reading

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